HUD

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Mortgagee Review Board has suspended Seckel Capital from originating and underwriting FHA-insured mortgages.

The Trump administration's Justice Department was expected to be less aggressive in its pursuit of False Claims Act cases against the mortgage industry. Instead, its focus has shifted to Federal Housing Administration-insured reverse mortgages.

Traditional partnerships with lenders have been eroded by compliance strains and new incentives to control more of the homebuying transaction.

While home prices have increased sharply in expensive coastal cities, plenty of urban centers are lagging behind.

From the Trump administration's initial efforts at reg relief and GSE reform to dramatic shifts in the servicing landscape, here's a look back at the top stories shaping the mortgage industry during the first half of 2017.

Louisiana landlords with rental houses walloped by 2005's Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were eventually promised state help to rebuild: If they could get loans to rehab their properties, the state government would later reimburse them.

While HUD has released money this year, the Trump administration has called for defunding the program as part of its proposed budget.

The Senate Banking Committee voted Wednesday to approve the nomination of Pam Patenaude to be the deputy secretary of HUD.

The HUD secretary said millennials are being shut out of the market but the purchase of a condominium unit is often the first step to homeownership.

East Chicago, Ind., residents again are pushing for more oversight in the cleanup efforts at the U.S.S. Lead Superfund site, as plans are being circulated on the demolition of the West Calumet Housing Complex.