Compliance & Regulation

The Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to continue filing cases tied to residential-mortgage-backed securities.

As the mortgage market increases the use of upfront automated audits to comply with regulation, homeowners are being offered the opportunity to review whether lenders and servicers are up to the task.

BOK Financial once again generated higher quarterly earnings because of higher mortgage banking income.

We're hearing the unlikely duo of counseling and technology may be useful in reducing lender costs in the light of the qualified mortgage.

Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note have risen to 2.02% from 1.72% since the Fed announced new bond buying on Sept. 13.

After last year’s false start, the government-sponsored enterprises plan to introduce risk-sharing bonds this year.

The Appraisal Institute is warning current homeowners and prospective homebuyers that neighbors play a major role in a property’s overall value.

Bank of America Corp. lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss American International Group’s fraud claims over devalued Countrywide Financial mortgage-backed securities it had to sell as part of the government bailout.

Raj Date has gone from being a banker skeptical of regulation to being a key leader of one of the most powerful banking regulators: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Issues related to default risk and losses associated with delinquent HOAs are the iceberg many in the industry still fail to see.