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The increased compliance cost for smaller settlement services providers is not due to the statement, but rather because of new consumer protection rules.

The Justice Department's recent $16.6 billion deal with Bank of America over crisis-era mortgage fraud has raised fresh questions over a perceived lack of transparency in the settlement process.

Here is a checklist of six items you can do to be ready for the upcoming Mortgage Bankers Association annual convention or any other trade show.

Bank of America has taken a significant reputational hit as a result of its 2008 acquisition of Countrywide Financial. Could it have mitigated some of the damage with a different branding strategy?

Prices of securitized commercial mortgage loans shrank slightly in July, according to DebtX.

HSBC Holdings Plc and Nomura Holdings Inc. lost a bid to block claims by a U.S. regulator the banks say were brought too late, clearing the way for a trial of HSBC over questionable mortgage practices.

It only took 23 years as an originator to come up with this simple idea.

Some companies place too much focus on their product or service and fail to invest an equal amount of time on the brand.

An examination of the details in the B of A settlement shows many examples of risky behavior, including mortgage applications that were underwritten with "shadow" guidelines that allowed exceptions to approve almost any loan.

It is looking to sell the property within the next three years as part of a plan to consolidate its office space into a single location.