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The government-sponsored enterprises should target their affordable housing efforts to strengthening the single-family market, rather than investing in private equity giants.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appeared Tuesday before an uncommonly collegial hearing of the Senate Banking Committee, but the lack of outward drama masked the fact that lawmakers from both parties were using her testimony to lay the groundwork for a broader battle over the future of regulatory reform.

In the aftermath of enforcement actions, non-executive chair Phyllis Caldwell is directing the special servicer's efforts to diversify its leadership and business model.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said more interest-rate increases will be appropriate if the economy meets the central bank's outlook of gradually rising inflation and tightening labor markets.

Mortgage lenders afraid to enter into any kind of marketing services agreement should look not to what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has laid as guidance, but what it has left unsaid.

Stringent regulations put in place after the recession have been unevenly enforced across the industry, to the detriment of small financial institutions. Here's hoping that changes with the new administration.

A former executive at Tennessee Commerce Bank executive has been charged with providing false information to one of the bank's regulators.

Thomas Pahl has been appointed acting director of the Federal Trade Commission's consumer protection bureau, the agency said Wednesday.

Some experts say President Trump is being advised to hold off on firing CFPB's Richard Cordray to get the Supreme Court to rule on the extent of the president's executive powers.

Joseph Ficalora, New York Community's CEO, told analysts that his company could still have a chance to buy Astoria "down the road."