Compliance

It's no grace period, but the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is working placate lender fears of hasty enforcement of its new integrated disclosure rules.

Recent regulatory action against a California lender is a lesson for lenders with substandard monitoring of broker fees.

As nonbank lenders continue to grow their stake in the mortgage industry, researchers from the Harvard Kennedy School argue that regulatory reforms should come to lower the risk associated with these institutions.

After a "landmark" first-quarter driven by mortgage origination gains, Flagstar Bancorp is counting on mortgage servicing and community banking to spur future growth.

Walter Investment Management Corp. is preparing to refinance and retain loans through other channels after the HARP ends in 2016.

First American Financial Corp.'s title business is expecting a slow gain in market share driven by the upcoming integrated disclosures reforms, in part due to consolidation in the title industry.

Mortgage lenders are in the final stretch of preparing to deliver the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures to borrowers. But it's not just the change of forms that's causing alarm bells. Fines could be steep and legal liability could be even higher for violators, while necessary technology changes are expensive.

The Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday that said second mortgage liens cannot be voided in bankruptcy, even when the first lien is underwater.

Loan officers still rule the roost at most mortgage origination shops, but processors may finally be starting to get their due.

Constraints on GSE loan volume and an overall dearth of liquidity were among the biggest issues at hand during the Mortgage Bankers Association's Secondary Market Conference in New York. Here's a recap of the event.

Provident Funding Associates, a private mortgage lender, has agreed to pay $9 million to settle allegations its brokers charged minorities higher fees and interest rates, federal regulators said Thursday.

A Virginia short sale specialist was convicted Wednesday by a federal jury on charges including mortgage and tax fraud.

New servicing standards issued by the government-sponsored enterprises are unlikely to pose a hurdle for the biggest nonbank players in the market, but small servicers could find it more challenging.

JPMorgan Chase's $500 million settlement with pension funds over Bear Stearns' sale of mortgage-backed securities was approved by a federal judge.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Britain's largest taxpayer-owned lender, could pay as much as $4.5 billion to resolve claims of misconduct in its handling of U.S. mortgage securities.

Veros will offer a direct connection to the Federal Housing Administration's new Electronic Appraisal Delivery portal using the same interface it offers for submitting appraisals to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

In the wake of recent court rulings upholding homeowners associations' "super lien" status in foreclosures, mortgage vendors have flooded the market with products to help servicers and investors manage this long-standing threat.

Associated Banc-Corp in Green Bay, Wis., agreed to expand mortgage lending in minority neighborhoods to settle a federal probe into its fair-housing loan practices.

Hundreds of lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle are pushing for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to grant a grace period for banks, credit unions and other lenders to comply with a new mortgage disclosure rule.

Barclays dismissed mortgage-bond trader Yoon Seok Lee over claims that he lied to clients.