Bank of America certainly turned some heads last week when it told its retail loan officers nationwide that the lender will halt, for now, originations of cash-out refinancings, citing what it calls a “surge of refinancing activity” and capacity problems. A memo written by B of A home loans sales executive Matt Vernon notes...
For many the industry isn’t getting better at solving their problems. Hopefully, at least for those finding themselves experiencing a long bout with unemployment, they will find a little relief coming from at least one of the GSEs Freddie Mac. In an announcement FHLMC stated that they would be extending their previous Forbearance plans...
Senate Majority Leader Corbett came through for many homeowners in a tight pinch. Those that were worried about completing a short sale while still having a second mortgage that could come after them years later, commonly to what everyone refers to as seeking a deficiency, was not a settling thought for many sellers who...
In setting a new president starting today Aurora will not longer allow its loss mitigation (loan modification and short sale representatives) to message their processing department representatives. Due to the high volume they are being instructed to only transfer you to their voice mail and/or document the account that you called. They too along...
Starting July 1st Chase continued down their path of their slowest merger ever with EMC (Guinness Book of World Records currently weighing out if they qualify for any records). By Chase opening up their Collections Department and other Loss Mitigation Departments to this they hope to start servicing their EMC portfolio in order to...
As the bank’s continue to beef up security it seems there is no lack of measures being put in place. No bank worse than Wells Fargo’s HELOC department. Strangely enough this is not a company-wide rule. In fact the rule doesn’t even extend to any of Wells Fargo’s advocacy groups in the very same...
BankUnited, along with becoming defunct, has ceased completing it’s many of its own internal servicing procedures it has offer its investors in the past. One of the latest is that they are no longer processing short sales. In a strange turn of events BU is now working with a 3rd party service provider Nation...
In an effort to help defaulting homeowners Wells Fargo is offering their own version of FHA’s Partial Claim Program. This version varies in several ways but is aimed at what Wells Fargo is referring to as a “Principal Forbearance”. Now this is not like the Principal Reductions everyone is speaking about these days or...
In a business where it can really help to know people in high places Wachovia has proven to be no different than the rest. Where in many cases homeowner’s find it difficult to manage through the process loan modification process, with the now Wells Fargo owned company, it looks like there is some light at the...
Many times these programs that we deal with for our clients change for the better but there are also certain times that they change for the worse. I guess only adding insult to injury is that fact that it is our own government, supported by our tax dollars, making life just a little bit...