Compliance & Regulation

Findings from a recent online poll reveal that close to one-in-five consumers believe carrying debt from month-to-month is a responsible way to manage their finances, but a mortgage is not what they have in mind.

The properties acquired due to this scam went into foreclosure and resulted in significant losses to the lenders.

Fannie Mae has made significant progress in reviewing its legacy loans for possible repurchase requests and it expects to complete that review by the end of this year.

While a lot of the president's remarks seem like warmed-up leftovers to those who follow the industry, there were a couple of interesting things a little farther down the prompter.

Prior to the expansion, only 156 U.S. counties were able to utilize this solution.

A group of regulators are planning to make lender-placed insurance policy changes this year, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Ocwen and Nationstar, the nation’s top independent owners of mortgage servicing rights who share the same aggressive MSR purchase growth strategy, approach nonagency risk differently.

Freddie Mac provided $13.5 billion in financing for the multifamily market during the first half of this year, but it plans to cut back in the second half.

Mortgage originators need to have a different mentality when going after purchase business in a rising interest rate environment than when they are chasing business for refinancings in a declining rate world, a pair of consultants to the industry said.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's surprise criticism of President Obama’s plan to unwind Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has upset the conventional wisdom surrounding housing finance reform.