Compliance & Regulation

The 4506-T Direct product includes IRS transcripts that identify false or inaccurate tax information.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined Mortgage Master and Washington Federal for filing inaccurate Home Mortgage Disclosure Act reports.

As the guarantee fees for loans sold to the agencies go up, investor can get relatively more attractive yields from a whole loan execution.

A call for review of the pending qualified residential mortgage rule could be among Fed chair nominee Janet Yellen’s future actions given her concern with risks tied to mortgages with higher loan-to-value ratios.

Mortgage brokers need to contact their federal representatives regarding a replacement bill for what was originally known as the Consumer Mortgage Choice Act.

Lenders are increasingly anxious about how to deal with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's recent proposal concerning the definition of "qualified mortgages," noting the agency's plan differs in key respects from the CFPB's QM rule.

Regulators should boost oversight of the largest real estate investment trusts that use borrowed money to invest in mortgage-backed securities because rising interest rates may push the firms into asset sales that destabilize markets.

Both companies will offer their respective solutions via the software-as-a-service model.

If a storm similar to Hurricane Sandy makes landfall, how many homeowners would default on their mortgage?

FBR & Co. is leading the sale, according to a regulatory filing by NMI Holdings.