Compliance

A New York startup vows to reduce risk and bring transparency and regulatory oversight to a much-hyped investment class.

Canadian covered bonds now benefit from increased disclosure about the mortgages behind them and more certainty about recourse to the cover pool in the event of a default. But so far, this broader appeal hasn't resulted in increased issuance.

Finding a compliance mistake is likely to endear you to them and help drive referral business.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan says it's important for investors in mortgage-backed securities to receive a fair price for seized mortgages.

Perhaps the very first opportunity a lender has to convert is by turning a website visitor into a loan applicant.

Looming court battles over the fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are a key reason why lawmakers must act soon to pass housing finance reform, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said Wednesday.

With single-family credit tight, multifamily lending remains hot, but its fate also depends largely on public policy. Fortunately for Pru, this part of its multifamily business is run by Paige Warren, a woman with government experience, ties and insight.

New York's banking regulator unleashed a verbal assault on nonbank servicer Ocwen Financial Wednesday, saying the company's claims about tech-driven efficiencies are "too good to be true."

Sens. Tim Johnson and Mike Crapo are close to unveiling a highly anticipated bipartisan bill to overhaul the mortgage finance market as the window for moving legislation this year continues to narrow.

Centralized databases inside the loan origination system provide an efficient way to comply with the Qualified Mortgage requirements and more efficiently use loan information from origination to servicing and securitization.

These are the documents originators should be telling their customers to bring during the application process.

Leading origination outsourcer cites "input" from activist investor Orange Capital.

The court’s finding in one case is consistent with the provision in the mortgage that allows the lender to do whatever is necessary to protect the value of the property.

Now that many experts are heralding the end of the foreclosure crisis, we are seeing fewer headlines about the shadow inventory that servicers are holding in their portfolios.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new notification requirements for property valuations have rekindled old debates over appraisal alternatives and are expected to add costs alongside yet another layer of mortgage litigation risk.

Serling will be charged with providing Situs with business development opportunities relating to commercial mortgage-backed securities bond investors.

Regulatory intervention throws a monkey wrench into a mortgage servicer's growth plans—and calls into question whether there are enough nonbanks to absorb all the servicing banks want to sell.

Lenders should consider carefully the potential for originators to steer borrowers from closed-end products into open-ended loans.

A former head of commercial real estate at Wilmington Trust Corp. was charged with bank fraud, bribery and money laundering, the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program said.

Freddie Mac plans this year to start regularly issuing the credit-linked notes it began using as a form of risk-sharing last year.