Compliance

The economic recovery faces a challenge in January when new mortgage rules threaten to derail credit to prospective borrowers with blemished credit, industry insiders warn.

Investors want to permanently quash Richmond’s plans.

Another bank is right-sizing its residential mortgage lending unit as volumes drop.

Currently, two trends present significant challenges to the mortgage servicing industry unlike anything seen in recent history: longer foreclosure timelines and increasing regulatory scrutiny.

Residential and commercial real estate should benefit from improved conditions in the next couple of years.

A tiered compensation plan designed for a refinance market may not work well when purchases are the norm.

The credit union has agreed to dismiss claims that Barclays filled the CDO with junk, hastening the demise of the one-time $2.4 billion credit union.

Rising interest rates and the budget battle in Washington are discouraging builders.

There may not be any more Fannie Mae risk-sharing deals until next year, when its regulator sets more goals for this.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized clarifications Tuesday to its mortgage servicing rules in an effort to ease concerns servicers had about communicating with struggling or bankrupt borrowers who invoke certain legal protections.

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority is investing millions in a statewide campaign that will demolish some of the state’s 78,000 vacant and abandoned properties.

More than five years after sales of U.S. mortgage-backed securities froze, banks, investment firms and others in the business are seeking to accelerate a revival of issuance by reducing mistrust among market participants.

Borrowers still intend to achieve the American dream of homeownership—even if they have to lie to qualify for a mortgage.

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wraps up implementing its voluminous mortgage rules in January, credit unions should not expect any respite from the compliance burden.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is prepping a massive overhaul to its exam procedures designed to make it faster and free up enforcement personnel to pursue their own investigations outside of exams.

The volume of appraisals being completed within the last year has slowed down due to new regulation that has been imposed for the industry.

Origination declines from higher rates earlier this year have hit some top banks’ mortgage earnings.

One way the government shutdown is affecting the mortgage market is by completely paralyzing the lending of rural home loans guaranteed by the Department of Agriculture.

Contracts need to be updated before Jan. 1 in order to legally pay this compensation.

SunTrust Banks will offer $500 million in consumer assistance and make a cash payment of $468 million as a result of an agreement with the Department of Justice and the Department of Housing and Urban Development over claims tied to faulty mortgages.