Servicing

The federal regulatory monitor of the $25 billion robo-signing settlement with the nation’s five mega-servicers has recruited five directors to help manage the Office of Mortgage Settlement Oversight.

Findings from Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research indicate a small-ticket remodeling pickup is likely to help lift both near-term and long-term investment.

Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan explains the impact that housing is having on the U.S. economy.

The conundrum the industry is grappling with is accelerating short sales while simultaneously detecting and preventing the growing incidence of fraud these transactions may produce.

Morrison & Foerster can't say it hired the attorney who wrote the CFPB's rulebook. But it picked up the guy who started the job.

Lender Processing Services and RentRange will offer rental property income data to mortgage servicers, investors and others who need it to make informed decisions about distressed housing assets.

I talk to dozens of mortgage professionals each month and without even asking, I get an earful about too much regulation in the residential finance/servicing industry.

Wells Fargo is donating up to $500,000 in bank-owned properties to a national nonprofit organization in order to provide homes for military families.

Four years is a long time, but even longer when comparing banks' relationship with Washington since the last round of political conventions.

A controversial proposal by three California municipalities to seize underwater mortgages through eminent domain could face significant legal challenges because state law prohibits local governments from taking property and conveying it to a private company.