Compliance

Here are some thoughts on the great game of golf and how it relates to the mortgage business.

Complications from the housing crisis led to the 2011 edition of the MBA Annual Convention getting relocated to Chicago. Three years later, the Mortgage Bankers Association is ready for its biggest conference to make its Las Vegas debut.

As the Seattle and Des Moines Home Loan banks inch closer to the first successful voluntary merger in the system's history, observers are beginning to ask which institution will try next.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac common shares rose for a fifth day in New York trading, erasing most of their drop tied to a court ruling last month, while the companies’ preferred securities posted smaller gains.

Key Community Bank's E.J. Burke reflects on the highs and lows of his term as chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority plans its fourth issuance of the calendar year, a $158 million sale of housing mortgage finance program bonds.

Hard money lenders fear New York watchdog Benjamin Lawsky's investigation into their industry could make the public mistakenly think their business primarily involves making loans designed to fail to homeowners who occupy properties.

To avoid claims of unfair or deceptive acts or practices it is incumbent upon lenders to adopt practices that are unlikely to mislead, regardless of whether the misunderstanding is intentional.

WASHINGTON — Dean Schultz, the long-time head of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, is planning to retire next spring once his successor has been appointed, the bank said Friday.

Generation Mortgage Co. is exiting the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage origination business, but will continue to service reverse mortgages.

Although the case ostensibly turns on whether loan officers should be paid for overtime, the high court is focused on whether government agencies have the right to substantially change regulations without seeking public comment.

The U.S. attorney's office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania indicted Susan Kevra-Shiner with seven counts of mail fraud relating to a title company she owned known as GK Abstract Co.

Officials want to remove the risk that questions about a dealer’s liquidity could lead to wholesale dumping of assets. Treasuries and mortgage securities represent about 85% of daily repo transactions

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will sell large amounts of their credit risk in the U.S. residential mortgage sector.

Independent originators could be shut out from offering this product as there is no secondary market.

Student loan debt has simultaneously reduced younger consumers' ability to get a mortgage and burdened their older family members, a TransUnion study shows.

Wells Fargo will pay up to $5 million to resolve allegations it discriminated against mothers on maternity leave, the largest settlement of such claims ever reached by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act-Truth in Lending Act reform effective next summer requires significant operational changes, but if lenders prepare now, it shouldn’t be as scary as a zombie apocalypse.

In another sign of strong demand by investors for nonperforming residential mortgages, the asset class is edging closer to more rated, public securitizations — a rarity in this largely opaque market.

Fitch Ratings issued an industrywide report Tuesday on U.S.-based commercial mortgage-backed securities. The report highlights positive signs of progress but also says the sector has, "room for improvement."