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BofA Mortgage Chief Stepping Down

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:02:47 +0000

The president of Bank of America Home Loans is leaving the company. Having been handed the reins at the previously biggest mortgage company in the country, the exiting executive was once thought to be a contender for the top job at the parent company.

When BofA announced in January 2008 its intention to acquire Countrywide Financial Corp. — the biggest U.S. mortgage lender from 2004 until 2007 — David Sambol, the president and chief operating officer at the time for Countrywide, was named to lead the company. But by the time the acquisition was done, Barbara Desoer, who had been BofA’s chief technology and operations officer, was tapped to run the unit.

This week, the bank announced Desoer’s intention to retire.

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Mortgage Activity Up Again

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:02:28 +0000

Falling mortgage rates motivated an increasing number of borrowers this week to inquire about a refinance, though inquiries for purchases were also higher. Rates, however, are poised to deteriorate. Refinance activity more than doubled compared to a year ago. Despite a widening spread over conforming rates, more jumbo borrowers were out shopping for a loan.

The number of prospective borrowers who inquired about a mortgage rose 4 percent from last week, leaving the U.S. Mortgage Market Index from Mortech Inc. and Mortgage Daily for the seven days ended Feb. 3 at 270.

The index was 48 percent higher than the week ended Feb. 2, 2011.

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Borrowers Successfully Stave Off Foreclosure

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:02:07 +0000

Borrowers in more than a dozen foreclosure actions in 10 states have recently received favorable rulings from the courts. Several of the cases either involve the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. Foreclosure processing services were named as defendants in lawsuits filed by the states of Illinois and Nevada.

A foreclosure judgment in favor of U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee against Julia Feltus was overturned by the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District, last Friday.

U.S. Bank had sought to re-establish a lost promissory note, and the court said that trial court erred because "U.S. Bank failed to show conclusively the absence of a genuine issue of material fact and that it was entitled to foreclosure as a matter of law."

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