Since mortgages are the most secured of any loan type (a lender can foreclose on a house if the loan defaults), collection agencies generally don’t get much mortgage collection work. But there is one large exception: deficiency balances. If a lender approves the sale of a house for less than what is owed by the borrower, the difference is a deficiency balance. In the ongoing morass of the housing market, short sales are commonplace. Lenders will typically forgive deficiency balances. If they do not, that amount enters the ARM process and can find its way to debt collectors.
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TransUnion Report Reveals Current Consumer Credit Trends, Including 20.3 Million More Accounts
5 March 2018
Could CFPB’s Data Sharing Principles Make Debt Collection Better Too?
19 October 2017
TransUnion Finds Struggling Consumers Pay Off Unsecured Personal Loans First
17 May 2017
1st Cir. Holds IRS 1099-A Forms Did Not Violate Discharge Injunction
2 February 2017
FCC Denies MBA’s Petition to Exempt ‘Servicing Calls’ from TCPA
7 December 2016
4th Cir. Holds Foreclosure is FDCPA ‘Debt Collection,’ Mere Servicer Need Not Provide TILA Notice of Assignment of Loan
8 November 2016
Fla. App. Court Holds FCCPA’s Notice of Assignment Requirement Applies to Mortgagees, But Not Condition Precedent to Foreclosure
7 November 2016
9th Cir. Holds Foreclosure Trustee Not FDCPA ‘Debt Collector’
3 November 2016
FDCPA Safe Harbor Buried within CFPB Mortgage Rules
11 August 2016
Phillips & Cohen Associates to provide Mortgage Administration Services
8 August 2016
Wells Fargo Will Pay $16.3 Million to End TCPA Suit
30 June 2016
Florida’s Third DCA Reverses Course on Statute of Limitations for Mortgage Foreclosure
25 April 2016
11th Cir. Upholds Dismissal of FDCPA, FCCPA Complaint for Failure to State Claims
10 March 2016
Motion Granted for Debt Collector in FDCPA Bona Fide Error Case
10 February 2016
2nd Circuit Rules Bankruptcy Code Does Not Preclude FDCPA Suit in District Court
28 January 2016
Another Positive TCPA “Prior Express Consent” Case
27 August 2015
Massachussetts Division of Banks Issues Results of Regulatory Review
21 August 2015
Second Circuit Holds Servicing Transfer Notice Not Exempt from FDCPA
20 August 2015
CFPB's First Monthly Complaints Report Could Use More Context
16 July 2015
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Chapter 7 Debtor Cannot ‘Strip Off’ Wholly Unsecured Junior Mortgage
2 June 2015