Compliance & Regulation

The House GOP has signaled that it is ready to move forward on its Dodd-Frank Act replacement plan.

Lawmakers from both political parties are increasingly interested in forcing lenders that offer loans to upgrade home heating and cooling systems to issue better disclosures, a prospect that has some in the industry nervous.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council is masquerading as an analytical, objective body that more accurately reflects the Dodd-Frank Act's aim to expand the power of bureaucrats.

The real estate investment trust has become a regular issuer, relying on a strategy of exercising "clean-up calls" on older mortgage bonds that it services.

Two Amherst, N.Y., couples, the Eisens and the Schiffs, were friends for more than 25 years.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a series of clarifications to its 2015 rule expanding mortgage data collection requirements that many in the industry have said is too onerous.

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The Loan Syndications and Trading Association is appealing directly to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to exempt collateralized loan obligation managers from rules requiring "skin in the game" of deals.

A civic-minded judge whose inspiring rags-to-riches story helped her become the first Filipina elected to the Cook County, Ill., bench was indicted Wednesday on mortgage fraud charges.

Some are wording the language of amendments used to refinance deals so as to be able to benefit if risk retention rules are repealed.