New Analysis Seeks to Reduce Foreclosure Timelines.

Rates can vary almost 200%.

Oversite® Data Services, a subsidiary of ALAW and the leading national provider of docket-based legal compliance and management solutions, today released a white paper that demonstrates how court data-based management of foreclosures cases can reduce foreclosure timelines and improve portfolio management.

The analysis is based on a dataset of over 50,000 foreclosure loan files from one Florida County and includes empirical findings that establish benchmarks for foreclosure management along a number of metrics. Oversite is able to add legal intelligence to these benchmarks to generate target timelines consistent with the most efficient possible legal strategy and execution for a case.

This whitepaper calculates variation in foreclosure management outcomes, controlling for year of foreclosure start, county and state.  The data confirms a number of broad trends, including:

  • Variations in foreclosure timelines by servicer, controlling for geography and year of foreclosure start.
  • Proactive foreclosure management can reduce the number and timelines of outlier cases.
  • Cases with foreclosures and bankruptcies present significant opportunity for proactive case timeline management.

“Our analysis shows that it is possible to quantify a number of factors impacting foreclosure timelines that can then be used to benchmark foreclosure management and more accurately estimate foreclosure timelines,” said Oversite CEO, James Albertelli. “Oversite’s docket-data based technology platform provides the transparency needed to better manage third parties through a data-based systematic process, minimize timelines and reduce avoidable risks.”

Key analytics supporting these conclusions are:

  • Average servicer timelines, controlling for state, county and year of foreclosure start varied up to 192% among servicers between 2007 and 2013.
  • The percentage of open cases aged more than 540 days as of 1/1/2014 varied by up to 300% among servicers.
  • The number of LOP filings among servicers varied by over 500%, controlling for year of foreclosure start.
  • Cases with a Lack of Prosecution (LOP) filing had an average foreclosure timeline of 308 days longer than cases with no LOP, AC or BK filing.
  • Cases with an Amended Complaint (AC) filing had an average foreclosure timeline of 439 days longer than cases with no LOP, AC or BK filings.
  • Cases with a Bankruptcy Discharge (BK) filing had an average foreclosure timeline of 448 days longer than cases with no LOP, AC or BK filings.

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