Compliance & Regulation

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac worked with more than 130,000 borrowers during the first quarter to help troubled borrowers who were at risk of foreclosure not lose their property.

Nevada’s housing markets are recovering at a faster pace than the rest of the country, but still have a long way to go.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition has sued the Federal Housing Finance Agency for failing to fund the National Housing Trust Fund that Congress created in 2008 to finance affordable housing.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to tell Congress it will be carefully protecting individuals’ privacy as it builds a massive database on consumer financial behavior and on home mortgages.

Buried in the Corker-Warner reform bill are two provisions that would give the Federal Home Loan banks an opportunity to play a major role in the new housing finance system.

ISGN CEO Ritesh Idnani explains how regulatory requirements often lead to new developments in mortgage technology.

In the not-so-distant past, it was OK for the originator just to make sure the file was done correctly.

New restrictions for mortgage loan originators in the amendments include the “100 mile rule.”

One company advocating the use of eminent domain to condemn underwater mortgages plans to refinance the loans through the Federal Housing Administration short refinance program.

The widening in structured finance spreads is not yet a cause for credit concerns, according to Standard & Poor’s.