Servicing

Regulators recently offered a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of what areas they are targeting for enforcement, saying that potential fair lending violations like redlining and how mortgages are priced and serviced remain top priorities for the future.

According to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and many other others, the moribund market for private-label residential mortgage-backed securities needs reviving.

Mortgage delinquencies increased in August compared to the previous month, according to data released Monday by Black Knight.

Doral Financial in San Juan, Puerto Rico, continues to shed assets.

Foreclosures declined 22% in August compared to a year ago, according to data released Thursday by CoreLogic.

The investment management firm Asset Recovery Cos. has merged with the hard-asset lender Yale Mortgage Funding.

Ben Bernanke said the mortgage market is still so tight that he's having a hard time refinancing his own home loan.

Mortgage Contracting Services has bought CoreLogic's real estate owned and property businesses.

The Federal Reserve must take steps to improve handling of complex settlements like the one reached with mortgage servicers over improper foreclosures, an internal watchdog said in a report.

Heightened regulatory oversight of servicing rights transfers means servicers must clamp down on processes while investors take stock of their own procedures.