Compliance & Regulation

Servicing rights are high-yielding assets, making them attractive investments for hedge funds, real estate investment trusts and banks.

Freddie Mac is marketing its 20th offering of Structured Agency Credit Risk notes offloading exposure to defaults on residential mortgages that it insures.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will propose changes in late July to its mortgage disclosure rule to provide "greater certainty and clarity" to the mortgage industry.

The House passed a bill Thursday that would authorize state insurance commissioners to approve flood insurance policies for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other federally backed mortgages.

During the mortgage crisis, servicers recruited people from the origination business to help with loan modifications. Now the two sides of the industry are coming together in a new way.

Ocwen Financial Corp. has fulfilled its consumer relief obligation under the National Mortgage Settlement ahead of schedule. But that doesn’t mean it’s in the clear yet.

Cost improvements weren't enough to keep Ocwen Financial Corp. out of the red during the first quarter.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray sent a four-page response to Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., about new mortgage disclosures but fell short of providing any new official guidance to address industry concerns.

A recently enacted requirement from the Securities and Exchange Commission places liability for collateral assets within securitization trust funds squarely on the shoulders of a depositor's chief executive, prompting calls for more extensive due diligence procedures.

Large lenders are pushing the Federal Housing Administration to revamp its loan defect taxonomy to provide more certainty about potential errors and mistakes that could lead to enforcement actions.