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Maura Hodge is an audit partner at KPMG, and leads the firm’s ESG and sustainability assurance practice.

The accusations against Nutter Home Loans, like an earlier settlement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, center on concerns related to FHA-insured reverse mortgages. The company "strongly disputes" them.

Pending home sales rose more than expected in August, reaching the highest level on record as low mortgage rates fuel a housing rally.

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization drew up the recommended wording in consultation with a group of lenders and investors after the passage of the Taxpayers First Act last year.

Mortgage applications decreased 4.8% from one week earlier, as refinance activity was down even as average rates fell to a new record low, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

As Head of Risk Management, Laura Levenstein has responsibility for BAM's risk management strategy and its oversight, including acting as chair of the Enterprise Risk Committee. Laura also serves on the Management, Underwriting and Credit Policy and Surveillance Committees. Before joining BAM, she was Senior Managing Director for Global Public, Project and Infrastructure Finance, which includes US public finance, global sub-sovereign, sovereign, project and infrastructure finance, at Moody's Investors Service. In that position, as part of the evaluation of the various rated entities, she was responsible for evaluating all types of risk in these sectors to the extent it could impact the entities' credit profiles. Laura was also responsible for managing all aspects of the rating business relevant to those sectors including, rating assignment, rating methodologies, process operations, strategy, financial performance, rating quality and reputational risks. Prior positions in her over 20-year career at Moody's included Senior Managing Director for Americas and Global Financial Institutions. Laura holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Cornell University.

The automated closing disclosures software aims to be "40% faster than the 'old fashioned' method," a company spokesman said.

Lenders risk litigation and fines for misconduct if clients say they hadn’t fully understood the consequences of a shift to a replacement benchmark after the London interbank offered rate expires at the end of 2021, Moody's said.

Home prices around Seattle rose faster than in any city in the country, save Phoenix, for the sixth consecutive month in midsummer.

Avani M. Desai is president at Top 100 Firm Schellman & Co. Inc., and a member of the ISACA.