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A new question field on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's consumer complaint form is tied to an advisory opinion on customer service related to customers' requests for information, industry experts say.

Lenders face rising costs from new regulations, including a first-of-its-kind AI law impacting companies that serve Colorado consumers.

Fannie Mae's Consumer Housing Sentiment Index rose in November, continuing its steady climb and showing significant improvement compared to the same period last year.

An interest rate drop spurred an unusually high number of recently originated mortgages to prepay, and one loan type proved to be particularly reactive.

Continued reductions by the Federal Reserve in short-term interest rates should benefit mortgage volume, and thus title insurance activity, Fitch Ratings said.

The company's closure comes in a year when it touted successful capital investments but also faced growing legal scrutiny.

Americans for Financial Reform wants investigations into the directors and executives of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank released before the Jan. 20 inauguration.

Pressing items in the mortgage industry include a behind-the-scenes look at the issues plaguing USAA, a recent lawsuit at Movement Mortgage and more.

Plaintiffs want to certify a class of 119,100 minority mortgage customers who were unfairly deprived of ultra-low mortgage rates during the refi boom.

The top five lenders have an average retail mortgage origination volume of nearly $7 billion, as of the end of the third quarter.

The wholesale lender introduced two new products to brokers and a $800 million debt offering to drum up cash.

Delinquent borrowers in areas hit by Hurricanes Helene and Milton will get a few additional months to find solutions before servicers can resume legal actions.

The share of underwater mortgages also grew for the first time in almost two years during the third quarter, Corelogic found.

Plaintiffs have so far failed to prove the government-sponsored enterprise authorized the $25 expedited payoff quote in question, the magistrate ruled.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council's annual report underscores mounting challenges in commercial real estate, escalating cyber threats, and regulatory gaps in third-party services and stablecoins, urging stronger oversight and legislative action.

Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman said Friday that regulators — chief among them the Fed itself — need to do more to combat check fraud, particularly the problem of smaller banks not being reimbursed by larger banks whose checks are altered.

Total jobs and nonbank industry payrolls saw gains, but unemployment increased on a net basis too in what's been a volatile bond market.

Valverde, who has a wide range of experience in capital markets and housing finance, will join the government-sponsored enterprise's single-family unit.

The average cost for a loan seller to buy back a mortgage from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac for defects is over $32,000, a study from Reggora and Stratmor found.

This is the second short-sale fraud case to make headlines in recent weeks, following the conviction of a New York businessman in November.