Loan Think

More banks need to have the ability to quickly execute and synthesize “what-if” results to be in a better position to defend their capital plans.

We're hearing if you look closely, you can start to see the first shoots of a reviving home equity lending industry.

In just the past couple of years, servicers have had to scramble to keep up with the overflow of documents that need to be recorded in the nation’s more than 3,600 recording districts.

The qualified mortgage rule is the talk of the town these days. But let us not forget that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued several rules.

We're hearing some of the dirty little captive mortgage reinsurance entities lenders created to snare a percentage of premiums were not facades and actually paid claims on defaulted loans.

Preparing for a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau exam means implementing requirements in the CFPB's 800-plus page exam guide. In other words, there is no crash course.

The California Department of Real Estate has issued an internal directive to start broker office surveys, which include unannounced and unscheduled visits to brokers' offices.

We're hearing about Section 184 loans, designed to promote homeownership for American Indian and Alaska Native families.

A single GSE eliminates competition between automated underwriting systems mitigates risk and ensures sound mortgage lending decisions are made—if a recent plan from the FHFA comes to fruition.

With the April 15 tax filing deadline less than two weeks away, Amy Tierce has a couple of things any self-employed person needs to be aware of.