Compliance & Regulation

Some lenders are already chomping at the bit on 'HARP 2.0' and plan to hit the ground running to refinance Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac-backed mortgages when the application process commences on December 1.

The appeals court ruling against MERS that caused the GSEs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to reinitiate foreclosures on more than 1,600 Michigan properties was overturned by the state's highest court this week.

A surprising amount of resiliency exists in terms of housing demand but the supply imbalance will likely persist for another couple years, the chief investment officer of Goldman Sachs' private wealth management unit said Thursday.

In the first criminal case involving robo-signing of mortgage documents, Nevada's attorney filed charges Wednesday against two people accused of filing tens of thousands of false documents.

The special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program said Wednesday that it worked with Google to suspend advertising for a slew of alleged online mortgage modification scams.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development this week issued a proposed rule to clarify its fair housing regulations which encompass lending practices.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is expanding its Mortgage Partnership Finance product line for Fannie Mae-eligible loans by offering a 'servicing released' option for the first time.

The House Financial Services Committee approved a bill Tuesday by a 52 to 4 vote that would limit executives' salaries at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and remove any extra "bonus" pay.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received a clean bill of health from the Government Accountability Office in its first annual report of the bureau's finances.

Of the thousands of financial regulations on the books, which is the most burdensome? Dodd-Frank? Truth in Lending? Basel III?