Compliance & Regulation

Bankers are mounting their support for national efforts to build up a much-needed financial literacy foundation.

Integra Group Real Estate expanded its property management services to now provide inspections for vacant rental and real estate-owned properties.

Are businessmen of all different stripes, including lenders, holding back on hiring?

Correspondent banking remains a tricky and risky business, but a growing number of bankers believe it can be lucrative.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is focusing strong attention on large bank and nonbank residential servicers.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Tuesday morning unveiled new representation and warranty policies that relieve seller/servicers of any repurchase risk if the borrowers make 36 months of consecutive on-time payments.

Senate Democrats are trying to revive a mortgage refinancing bill—for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac borrowers—by reintroducing a slimmed-down version of the measure.

After hitting rock bottom in the real estate bust, commercial mortgage-backed securities financing is making a comeback.

Cashmere Valley is turning to outsourcing to help make sense of the complicated legislation that after two years is still developing as provisions get delayed, clarified or rewritten. For banks with assets of less than $10 billion, it's not even clear which parts of the law apply.

Land Home Financial Services entered into a $20,000 settlement with the HUD over alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act involving an application where the wife was on maternity leave.