Compliance & Regulation

Over the past several years, there has been an increased focus on determining risk associated with the participants facilitating a loan transaction.

Morrison & Foerster can't say it hired the attorney who wrote the CFPB's rulebook. But it picked up the guy who started the job.

Phillip Matous wants to make sure legislators in his state understand the weight of the regulatory burden credit unions and other lenders are bearing.

I talk to dozens of mortgage professionals each month and without even asking, I get an earful about too much regulation in the residential finance/servicing industry.

Four years is a long time, but even longer when comparing banks' relationship with Washington since the last round of political conventions.

A controversial proposal by three California municipalities to seize underwater mortgages through eminent domain could face significant legal challenges because state law prohibits local governments from taking property and conveying it to a private company.

Data integrity is the key to compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has finished selling the mortgage-related Maiden Lane III assets from its bailout of American International Group, generating a net gain of about $6.6 billion

New loan officer compensation proposals, rather than banning upfront points and lender fees, require offering an alternative loan that has neither.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to create a “level playing field” when it comes to the screening and training of bank and nonbank mortgage loan officers.