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The lack of a stabilizing force in the commercial real estate mortgage business is creating one of the most significant threats the lending industry faces, writes the CEO of Cirrus.

Financial inclusion is the civil rights issue of our generation — and getting more Americans, especially younger and minority families, into decent, affordable housing is a critical step on the ladder to financial capability, writes a board member of the National Credit Union Administration.

Contrary to the myth perpetrated by many in Washington, IMBs do not pose any real taxpayer financial risk or systemic risk, writes the CEO of Union Home Mortgage and member of the Community Home Lenders Association.

The now-interim leader of the Federal Housing Finance Agency would give the mortgage industry much-needed stability following Calabria’s calamities, writes the head of Whalen Global Advisors.

With the Biden administration signaling that it will prioritize enforcement of federal rules around discriminatory lending, many mortgage firms don't have internal measures in place to ensure compliance of them, writes the internal audit manager of Mortgage Quality Management and Research.

Mortgage lenders should develop a comprehensive program to identify potential risks of noncompliance with consumer protection rules and take corrective actions before the Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau comes calling.

Hardly a day goes by where a Covius client doesn’t have a question about the timing of various federal and state deadlines, its vice president of compliance writes.

The sooner troubled loans can be put on a more proactive servicing path, the more likely the distressed homeowners will be able to avoid foreclosure, writes the vice president of market economics at Auction.com.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Randal Quarles has made it clear that banks failing to make the transition away from the benchmark rate could face supervisory consequences.

The plan "is part of a larger democratic attack on home ownership that includes an increase in the taxes on capital gains as well as an end to 1031 exchanges for the sale of property," writes the head of Whalen Global Advisors.