Escrow is an important component of homeownership, but for many homeowners, especially first-time homebuyers, understanding escrow accounts and the annual escrow analysis can be confusing. According ...

If your lender or mortgage servicer requires you to maintain an escrow account for the purpose of paying property taxes, hazard insurance, etc., the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) ...

WASHINGTON -- Home sellers and refinancers who pay off their mortgages frequently wait weeks or months before receiving the funds remaining in their escrow accounts. The balances in those accounts can ...

Across the country this month, millions of homeowners are receiving a document from their mortgage company that they may find confusing or nettlesome. It’s the annual escrow account disclosure ...

SEATTLE, March 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- WMI Liquidating Trust (the "Trust"), formed pursuant to the confirmed Seventh Amended Joint Plan of Affiliated Debtors under Chapter 11 of the United States ...

People with low-down-payment and government mortgages are in for a welcome surprise. The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently demanded that mortgage companies change the way they ...