Compliance & Regulation

Structured finance investors would prefer to rely on fewer sources of pricing for tracking deals, according to 107 investors in the industry surveyed by Principia Partners.

It could be the most underserved part of the market: investors stuck with rental properties – and who don’t want to default – need to refinance but can’t because they’re underwater on home equity.

Former Taylor Bean & Whitaker CFO Delton de Armas pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, and one count of making false statements.

Nobody's perfect. But with social media, blogs, forums and articles posted in the millions each day, you need to monitor your online reputation.

A multi-agency effort targeting some of the worst housing in the country is a welcome move, but only a start.

Several analysts have called last month's decision by the Federal Reserve to raise minimum Tier 1 common equity requirements for banks to 7% a death knell for thrifts.

It doesn’t sound like agency mortgage repurchase requests are going to end any time soon, even though many originators are doing their best to batten down the hatches. Instead, word is these requests continue to increase.

The definition of "proxies" is an issue in discussions surrounding loan officer compensation.

Heritage Pacific Financial Inc. a Texas company is aggressively pursuing hundreds of Californians to collect second mortgage debt on homes they’ve already lost through foreclosure.

THE RAJ DATE SAGA CONTINUES: We’re told that the National Association of Mortgage Brokers is very concerned with the recent broker bias comments from CFPB deputy director Raj Date. One NAMB official said the trade group “has sent a letter to the CFPB regarding the comments and have formally requested a meeting to discuss."