Compliance & Regulation

Congressional Democrats are urging President Obama to nominate a new GSE regulator to replace Federal Housing Finance Agency acting director Edward DeMarco.

Richmond Fed President Jeff Lacker has a much different approach to ending "too big to fail" than his central bank colleagues, including making it impossible for regulators to unwind a failing institution.

Fitch Ratings has updated its overall criteria for assessing and analyzing the operational risk of servicers of structured finance products including mortgage-backed securities transactions.

PNC Bank is the latest mortgage lender to settle with the Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding violating fair lending protections for women on maternity leave.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has run a successful single-family program by guaranteeing 25% to 50% of the loan amount and the Federal Housing Administration could adopt a similar structure to restore its program back to financial health.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has allocated $5.4 billion in recovery funds for areas affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Community bankers should continue to bolster lending despite challenges created by compliance with a host of new Dodd-Frank regulations.

A U.S. judge sided with a bond insurer in a closely watched case over representation and warranty putbacks in residential mortgage-backed securities.

The overall volume of resolved securitized commercial mortgage loans dropped slightly in January, resulting in higher loss severity rates and loan losses at greater than 2%.

Felony charges were filed against Gilbert Chung who pleaded guilty for conspiring to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions.