ATTOM: Zombie Foreclosures at Half the Level Seen in 2016
About 1.5 million U.S. single-family homes and condos were vacant in the third quarter, representing 1.6% of all homes, according to...
LRES Promotes Molly Merchant to Senior Director of REO Asset Management
Molly Merchant has been promoted to senior director of REO asset management at LRES, a national residential and commercial mortgage services company...
Exceleras Updates it REO Disposition Platform with New Functionality
Not long ago, Exceleras added some consumer-facing functionality to its platform to allow consumers to search for REO.Now,...
LRES Hires Scott Spencer as Chief Technology Officer
Scott Spencer recently joined LRES, offering valuations, REO asset management, and HOA solutions for the mortgage and real estate industry, as chief...
Altisource Releases Bundled Solution For Delinquent FHA Loans
Altisource is offering a bundled solution that provides customized asset management services for delinquent FHA loans.The new bundled...
LRES Taps Peter Lutz as VP and National Sales Manager
Peter Lutz has joined LRES, a provider of valuations, REO asset management and HOA solutions for the mortgage industry, as vice president...
Consolidated Analytics Buys Carrington Property Services
Consolidated Analytics, a provider of property valuation, loan due diligence, mortgage fulfillment and advisory services, has acquired Carrington Property Services, a provider...
Tiffany Malm: REO Market Has Seen Significant Change Since Great Recession
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The housing finance industry has undergone a complete transformation since the financial crisis struck in 2008 and how...
ATTOM: Foreclosure Starts Fell 6% in 2018
Lenders started the foreclosure process on 369,170 residential properties in 2018, down 6% from 2017 and down 83% from a peak of...
Exceleras Updates its Real Estate Search Engine
Exceleras has overhauled its consumer-facing real estate search engine to make it easier for investors to find REO properties and other assets...
Foreclosure Starts Down Nationwide But Up in 36% of Local Markets
There were 29,017 foreclosure starts in October, an increase of less than 1% compared with September but down 8% from October 2017, according to...
Exceleras Adds ‘Property Management’ to DispoSolutions
Exceleras reports that it has updated its DispoSolutions Real Estate Owned (REO) solution so that “property management” is now among the available vendor types.This...
MCS Hires One, Promotes Two to Executive Team
Len Suazo recently joined Mortgage Contracting Services (MCS), a national provider of mortgage-related services, as corporate controller.In addition, Ashley Taylor and Bethany Ockerman have been promoted...
Safeguard Properties Rolls Out New Workflow Management Platform
Safeguard Properties is unveiling a new, integrated field services platform called SafeView.The new platform is designed to meet the ever-changing requirements of the mortgage...
Exceleras Updates its DispoSolutions REO Platform
Exceleras, a provider of default software solutions for banks, servicers, subservicers, capital market groups and other mortgage and real estate industry professionals, has updated...
LRES Promotes Jill Haro to SVP of Corporate Administration
Jill Haro has been promoted to senior vice president of corporate administration at LRES Corp., a provider of valuations, REO asset management and HOA...
Xome Buys Assurant Mortgage Solutions
Xome Holdings, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of WMIH Corp. (formerly known as Washington Mutual), has acquired Assurant Mortgage Solutions, a division of Assurant providing mortgage...
ATTOM: Foreclosure Starts Down 8% Compared with First Half of 2017
A total of 191,914 U.S. properties started the foreclosure process in the first six months of 2018, down 8% from the first half of...
Angela Hurst: Regulatory Unpredictability is Biggest Challenge Mortgage Servicers Face
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Angela Hurst is senior vice president of strategy and development for U.S. Real Estate Services (USRES), a provider of real...
LRES Promotes Mark R. Johnson to President
Mark R. Johnson has been promoted to president at LRES Corp., a residential and commercial real estate services company that provides nationwide valuations, REO asset management...
