Regulation/Compliance

The misdemeanor plea deals for three co-defendants do not add to troubles for an upstate New York developer facing federal felony charges in what once was called a "wide-ranging mortgage fraud scheme."

Biden administration appointees moved quickly to highlight climate change risks and unwind Trump-era regulatory relief and housing finance measures. These regulators and lawmakers will have a seat at the table as the progressive shift in banking policy continues.

The agency is looking to clarify existing regulations around how these accounts are handled, based on questions it received.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development extended an implementation deadline less than a week before new standards were scheduled to go into effect.

The agreement calls for the bank to pay $50,000 to an unnamed consumer and requires its staff to undergo fair lending training as it relates to appraisals.

Both in terms of interest expense and the sheer cost of dealing with consumers, the mortgage industry is out hundreds of millions of dollars due to this unfunded mandate from Congress, analyst Chris Whalen says.

The waivers to standard procedure will remain in place until December 2021.

The move to a remote work model is a long-term, technology-driven transformation, which was well underway prior to the pandemic and will continue long after the pandemic, Matthew VanFossen and Taylor Stork, members of the Community Home Lenders Association, argue.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said elevating affordable housing issues, examining the financial system through a climate and racial justice "lens," and holding banks accountable for their impact on consumers will be among his priorities.

Public agencies led by the Federal Reserve often stretch the definition of “necessary and proper” to the breaking point when seeking to fulfill public mandates, columnist Chris Whalen argues.