Compliance

The nation's four largest banks are holding $57 billion of seriously delinquent loans that they've been slow to move into foreclosure over concerns that the Federal Housing Administration will refuse to cover the losses and hit them with damages.

Using technology is important for the monitoring of an appraiser from the time he or she starts working for an originator.

The government-sponsored enterprises are making significant progress toward creating a common securitization platform for the issuance of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac MBS.

Deutsche Bank is collaborating with Bloomberg on a new option-adjusted spread model for agency mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations.

A revival of U.S. issuance of mortgage bonds not guaranteed by the government is being stymied by the Federal Reserve’s debate over when to reduce record stimulus.

American International Group’s mortgage insurer, whose biggest rival is a U.S. agency, is wooing borrowers with the prospect that they’ll avoid delays tied to the partial government shutdown.

State housing finance agencies and their mortgage programs are being affected by the federal government shutdown that is making it more difficult for lenders to verify borrowers’ income and Social Security numbers.

Richard Jungen, the founder of Central States Mortgage Co., along with three associates, was charged in a federal indictment with a scheme to defraud the CUSO’s 25 credit union investors by siphoning more than $9 million to themselves.

Because traditional credit scores can be inadequate, more and more lenders should be turning to supplemental FCRA-compliant data to paint a more accurate picture.

Regulators' plan to unite two separate mortgage standards mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act is deepening the focus on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's ever-expanding role in the mortgage sphere.

The risky loans that helped cause the U.K.’s real estate crash are making a comeback as cash buyers from abroad limit lending opportunities in London and banks instead venture into the weakest markets.

Fannie Mae’s inaugural risk transfer transaction is in the pipeline, according to Fitch Ratings, which has issued a presale report on it.

We're hearing that consumers love the concept of homeownership but when it comes to finding a place to live they end up renting.

Major lenders are relaxing their policies with respect to buying loans from their correspondent lenders during the government shutdown.

Sen. Bob Corker said he would resist attempts to weaken a 10% private capital requirement for the GSEs in his bill.

Springleaf plans to issue another subprime residential mortgage-backed securities deal, its third so far this year.

A mortgage servicer's decision to use batch file or real time integration for their systems is not cut and dry with one method having definitive benefits over the other.

Estimated in the hundreds of thousands the number of federal employees affected by the shutdown is large enough to cause significant mortgage and credit delinquency concerns unless the shutdown ends soon.

Ginnie Mae funds on average during the third quarter of this year generated a 0.69% cumulative total return.

To keep you prepared for anything, here’s a refresher on cyclical rate contingencies updated for recent market changes.