Compliance

Julian Castro, who was confirmed as the new secretary for housing and urban development, is bound to face continued industry lobbying to lower premiums paid to the Federal Housing Administration.

New York banks have been worried that Mayor Bill de Blasio's plans for affordable housing would hurt multifamily lending. But two recent city political decisions have been favorable for banks, and some CEOs say they're hopeful now.

Citigroup may reach an agreement with federal prosecutors as early as next week to resolve a probe into sales of mortgage-backed bonds before the 2008 financial crisis.

Secondary market agency is asking Congress for additional funding to increase monitoring of nonbank servicers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is allowing lenders to skip the ability-to-repay rule when transferring a loan to the kin of a deceased borrower or for other life events.

Now that buyers and sellers have a sense of what it's like to operate in the new interest rate environment, the two sides are more likely to agree on price.

When reporting defaults on government-insured single-family mortgages, the FHA identifies the primary borrower to a government database, but rarely provides the names of the co-borrowers, HUD's inspector general found.

A Supreme Court ruling overturning circuit court rulings in D.R. Horton Inc. v. the National Labor Relations Board is in question. This affects the enforceability of class waiver arbitration agreements.

New federal requirements for private mortgage insurers aim to standardize coverage across the market. That’s left some companies looking for ways to distinguish their products as they vie for lenders' business.

SunTrust Banks agreed to pay as much as $320 million to resolve federal allegations it mishandled applicants for mortgage modifications.

Ginnie Mae is paying particular attention to nonbank servicers due to the same concerns an inspector general has raised about servicing transfers involving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans.

Freddie Mac bought insurance to cover as much as $285 million of losses on a pool of U.S. home loans, in its third and largest such purchase under a risk-sharing effort encouraged by its regulator.

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Merscorp must face a trial to determine how much it owes Pennsylvania counties for shortchanging them on mortgage recording fees, a judge ruled.

Lenders hope to earn bigger profits by originating loans that fall outside the qualified mortgage guidelines, for which they can charge borrowers significantly higher interest rates, but legal risks remain.

The massive growth of nonbank mortgage servicers poses risks to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to a report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's inspector general.

As home prices rise and municipalities scrounge for revenue, rising property taxes make it harder for loan applicants to meet regulatory debt-to-income ratio limits and increase default risk on existing mortgages.

Loan officers have traditionally been on an island with borrowers, with little management involvement in an originator’s communications with clients. Increasingly, lenders need to think about systems and/or protocols to ensure that such communications are handled properly.

Private mortgage insurers will be required to have master policies that meet new guidelines in place by Oct. 1, according to announcements this week from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The number of home retention actions taken by the largest banks in the first quarter was more than three times the amount of completed foreclosures, short sales and deed-in-lieu-of-foreclosure, according to a regulatory report released Thursday.