Compliance & Regulation

The Chicago Federal Home Loan Bank seems to be continually looking for ways to expand its mortgage conduit program so member banks, thrifts and credit unions will have broader access to the secondary market.

Former Rep. Barney Frank criticized regulators' latest effort to craft an exemption for proposed risk retention requirements, warning it was overly broad.

The deal would end FGIC’s attempt to collect as much as $5.5 billion the bond insurer claimed it was owed by ResCap and two related entities.

Pricing engines are a tool that allows loan officers to give consumers a better understanding of what is being offered.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a final rule that contains 273 pages of refinements to its qualified mortgage, loan officer compensation and servicing rules.

Data through July 2013 show over 1.7 million homeowners received foreclosure mitigation assistance through the Making Home Affordable Program.

We're hearing the housing and mortgage industry can pat themselves on the back for their lobbying effort to block the PATH Act.

Now more than ever, lenders have to pay attention to their contracts with employees to avoid a loan officer compensation audit or other regulatory concern.

Has it been five years already? It has been five years since the federal government nationalized the mortgage industry by taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The continuous housing market recovery and the overall decline in inventory is pressuring down foreclosure sales across California.