Distressed

Housing bubble or not, the real estate market is in trouble

03/28/18

Despite soaring home prices, other factors needed to inflate a housing bubble are absent from the real estate market. But experts warn falling home values and rising mortgage defaults are inevitable, even if conditions naturally cool off.

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RBS tally for RMBS settlements reaches $6 billion

03/06/18

Royal Bank of Scotland Group has agreed to pay $500 million to the state of New York after a $5.5B agreement last year with the FHA, and another probe is pending.

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Trump administration must back CFPB action against PHH, top Democrat says

01/04/18

Sen. Sherrod Brown called on the Trump administration to support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's enforcement action against PHH Corp., which agreed to a $45 million settlement this week related to foreclosure abuses.

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CFPB launches mortgage performance tool to track delinquencies

10/30/17

The new tool tracks both serious and general delinquencies down to a county level and features interactive charts and graphs.

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Harvey makes Trump rethink draining swamp at HUD

09/05/17

The long-term recovery for thousands of Texans whose homes were decimated by Hurricane Harvey rests with a Trump administration government outsider who wants his agency's budget cut by billions of dollars.

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Puerto Rican mortgages: Deeply distressed and suddenly in demand

07/14/17

Distressed-mortgage investors are descending on troubled Puerto Rico. What’s luring them is the opportunity to scoop up home loans and foreclosed properties for pennies on the dollar.

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