Compliance & Regulation

Remarks that the head of the mortgage broker association made about a Quicken Loan executive's wife in a video text exchange led to a defamation lawsuit, and housing-finance companies are taking sides.

The consumer agency alleges Townstone Financial's CEO and president made statements on a radio show discouraging applicants living in Black neighborhoods from seeking home loans.

A recent ruling declaring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s structure unconstitutional signaled that a similar outcome awaits the Federal Housing Finance Agency. But the FHFA will argue in a new case that it does not deserve the same fate.

The existing framework should not be revised until a consensus has been achieved among stakeholders, including civil rights experts, according to Quicken.

Policymakers have eased some rules and the Supreme Court recently dealt a blow to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But as the landmark legislation approaches its 10th anniversary, the post-crisis regulatory regime has stayed largely intact.

The court struck down a 2015 update to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which permitted robocalls to cellphones for government-related debt collection.

Guarantee fees became the main source of revenue for government-sponsored enterprises during conservatorship, and reverting to a private stockholder model could create a need for more revenue.

The notice of proposed rulemaking was mandated by the Dodd-Frank regulatory relief act passed in 2018.

A bevy of housing advocates spoke against President Trump's threat to remove the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing Rule, a regulation that aims to end racial segregation.

The mortgage insurer is receiving $528 million of coverage in the event of defaults in a $44 billion loan pool.