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Equifax Workforce Solutions has been selected as a designated vendor for Fannie Mae's Desktop Underwriter validation service.

Lenders will get a reprieve from the threat of some mortgage-related penalties under a new program announced by housing-finance giant Fannie Mae on Monday.

China Oceanwide Holdings Group has agreed to purchase Genworth Financial in a $2.7 billion cash deal, joining a record buying spree by Chinese companies as they seek to boost growth overseas.

The U.S. housing market is about 10 times larger than Canada's, but we can learn a few lessons from the country's cautious approach to its housing policy.

As Rodrigo Lopez begins his term as chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association, the Nebraska multifamily lender seeks to use the platform to embrace the challenges of improving diversity and technology throughout the industry, while remaining vigilant about the ever-changing regulatory landscape.

Fannie Mae has started a pilot program that transfers 265 basis points of default risk on $3.7 billion of loans delivered over a six-month period to private mortgage insurers.

Moody's Corp. said federal officials are planning a lawsuit over its ratings of residential mortgage securities that critics contend were inflated to win business in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.

A federal court appeals decision could theoretically mean that Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry now answers directly to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, a significant break from the agency's history of independence.

From the future of Dodd-Frank to GSE reform, the next Congress will make major decisions that will shape the mortgage industry's future. Here's a look at the Senate candidates who have received the most money in political donations from the mortgage industry.

With the election just weeks away, here's a look at the mortgage industry firms whose employees have made the largest political contributions during the 2016 election cycle.