Compliance & Regulation

Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan explains why 2012 is the "Year of the Political Economy."

Lender seeks to ease minds of buyers worried about declining home vales.

Platinum Data and SharperLending have entered into a technology alliance providing access to certain product on the collateral valuation side of the transaction.

Eight people involved in a nearly a two-year mortgage fraud scheme that caused losses of over $30 million were charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering.

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings was sued for at least $111 million by a trustee for investors in mortgage-backed securities.

Who knows more about housing and mortgages? Obama or Romney?

The Financial Stability Oversight Council met in a closed-door session to take a key step toward publicly declaring some nonbanks as systemically important financial institutions.

Presently, for legacy seller/servicers the minimum is roughly $2.5 million, but the fear is that over time that threshold will be ratcheted up to $5 million—all in the name of risk management.

Thanks to more GSE G-fee hikes, in time we may see more firms play in the jumbo MBS space. But don't hold your breath.