Compliance

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.

We're hearing from Des Moines where two competing real estate companies are engaged in a bitter fight for market share that includes litigation.

Slightly more than half of last year's Home Affordable Refinance Program participants had previously been turned down, loanDepot said.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard said the government shutdown reduces the odds the Federal Open Market Committee this month will taper $85 billion in monthly bond purchases.

Interest rate concerns that forced mortgage REITs to trade at the lowest valuation during the past few years will be less of an issue going forward.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has agreed to pull its enforcement attorneys out of exams with financial companies after relentless opposition from bankers to their presence.

JPMorgan Chase is using cheap funding from government-chartered institutions to meet new regulations designed to ensure it won’t need a taxpayer bailout in any future crisis.

Enterprise Financial and Reliance Bancshares in St. Louis, under pressure to grow like most community banks, believe they have figured out how to expand into faraway markets yet avoid the mistakes that cost many banks during the financial crisis.

The 4506-T Direct product includes IRS transcripts that identify false or inaccurate tax information.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined Mortgage Master and Washington Federal for filing inaccurate Home Mortgage Disclosure Act reports.

A call for review of the pending qualified residential mortgage rule could be among Fed chair nominee Janet Yellen’s future actions given her concern with risks tied to mortgages with higher loan-to-value ratios.