Compliance & Regulation

HARP loans delivered to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after Jan. 1 will come under new representation-and-warranty standards that could give the refinancing program a boost in 2013.

A House panel ended a probe of alleged preferential lending by Countrywide Financial Corp. to lawmakers and aides without taking action.

The New York State regulator for MBIA Inc.’s insurance unit criticized the company for paying executives $11.4 million to stay on board for three more years.

Begin with the basics. Make sure the corporate formation documents are in order before tackling other compliance tasks like hiring a compliance officer.

California's windfall is a by-product of a side deal that the state's attorney general, Kamala Harris, cut with Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo.

Repairing homes that were devastated as a result of Hurricane Sandy will not be an easy feat. Just ask those New Orleans residents who suffered through Hurricane Katrina and Rita.

The delinquent unpaid balance for commercial mortgage-backed securities decreased in nine of the past 12 remittance periods through November 2012.

The shortage of affordable housing is no longer confined to the major cities with historically large numbers of renters, it is growing across the country.

A Las Vegas real estate agent was sentenced to a prison term for her participation in a mortgage fraud scheme involving, among other things, straw buyers.

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the ratings of 11 tranches and upgraded the ratings of six tranches from six 2004 jumbo residential mortgage-backed securities deals issued by Wells Fargo.