Compliance & Regulation

If you want to know what a Greek exit from the euro would do to the €16.7 billion ($19 billion) of bonds out there backed by Greek assets, a good place to start is Argentina.

While the origination industry has begun to see the light at the end of tunnel, its headaches haven't subsided just yet, based on the results of a survey by recruiting firm Hammerhouse.

San Francisco's much-maligned Housing Authority is getting out of the management business.

Three more people from the Charlotte region have been sentenced as part of a sprawling mortgage and investment fraud investigation.

While many servicers are under pressure to sell of mortgage servicing rights, there's still a fair amount of interest in buying MSRs from other quarters of the market.

CFPB officials are keeping a close watch on the Qualified Mortgage and ability-to-repay rules to gauge whether further changes should be made. But mortgage numbers don't give a clear picture on what kind of impact they've had.

Here's a preview of some of the most interesting and important presentations scheduled at this year's MBA Servicing Conference, as selected by the editors of National Mortgage News.

Freddie Mac will return $900 million to the Treasury Department next month, bringing total payments to nearly $21 billion above what it received in federal aid after the 2008 credit crisis.

The independent monitor overseeing Bank of America's compliance with requirements of its landmark mortgage settlement agreement has released his first report on the bank's consumer relief activities.

Consulting firm Teraverde Management Advisors has formed a new business unit to help clients grapple with their compliance requirements.