Compliance & Regulation

Banks should not point blame at the credit bureau but rather should step up and demonstrate their commitment to their customers. If you punt the problem to Equifax, it suggests you don’t really care.

Hurricane Irma could potentially affect more private-label mortgage securities collateral than any other recent storm.

If Fannie Mae's clear-boarding requirements prove effective, New York may follow Ohio's lead and move forward with a bill requiring it to be used more broadly on zombie properties.

Former Ginnie Mae President Ted Tozer will join securitization pioneer Lewis Ranieri at a new housing policy team at the Milken Institute.

The changes to the National Multistate Licensing System will include a more customized user experience for companies and functionality for states to share examination data.

Zombie properties become the living dead as a result of bank foreclosures. They sit and often fall into disrepair — a situation likely to go from bad to worse.

The Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Fla., and two homeless assistance agencies are the surprise beneficiaries of a successful lawsuit against a notorious South Florida foreclosure attorney, who was later disbarred.

Ginnie Mae will help issuers with certain servicing obligations if more than 5% of their portfolios are in areas Hurricane Harvey has ravaged.

Armada Analytics, a commercial real estate underwriting and asset management services provider, acquired Anabranch Flood, a provider of flood risk assessment services.

Carlyle Group LP was exonerated in a lawsuit tied to the collapse of a mortgage fund from 2008, avoiding $1 billion in damages sought by the pool's liquidators.