Compliance & Regulation

Community bankers are growing increasingly concerned that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will eliminate one of their bread-and-butter products: balloon loans.

As the overseer of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has a duty to safeguard taxpayer dollars.

Since 2007 when the volume of delinquent mortgage loans increased to unprecedented levels, while surprised and unprepared, servicers started to reinvent their business and adjust to the new reality.

Credit unions are breathing a little easier that they will not be subject to the raft of new CFPB mortgage rules because they believe they're exempt may be in for a surprise.

National Association of Realtors data show the overall growth in commercial real estate leasing activity seen in most markets in 2012 will gain speed this year and in 2014.

Becky Walzak is concerned credit unions might think outsourcing their servicing means outsourcing the risk.

The release of a long-awaited federal rule on housing discrimination is bad news for lenders who fear being targeted in fair-lending suits.

Walter Harrell was indicted for allegedly devising and executing a scheme to defraud creditors who were attempting to lawfully foreclose on several properties by delaying foreclosure sales from happening through the improper use of the federal bankruptcy process.

We're hearing that a new housing reform proposal developed by a private bipartisan commission will be very kind to the FHA mortgage insurance program.

There are firms going around to lenders promoting that they will check out their title agents and make sure they are in good standing