Compliance

Upgrades might be in store for some Russian residential mortgage-backed securities thanks to recently enacted amendments to the country’s MBS law.

A legal-support firm under investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is accusing the CFPB of overstepping its bounds in demanding personal information about the firm's clients.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is already the busiest federal bank regulator in recent memory.

Prospective apartment renters nationwide are having an easier time meeting their lease obligations and avoiding default in the first quarter.

Quarterly origination estimates for this year drifted a little lower in Fannie Mae’s latest monthly economic outlook report.

PBI Bank lost a jury verdict that requires the financial institution to pay compensatory damages of $1.5 million and $5.5 million in punitive damages to a real estate developer.

The appeals court has set an Aug. 28 deadline for NCUA to file a written brief in the case.

The aggregate nonagency mortgage loan roll rates from current to delinquent have significantly improved, dropping to their lowest levels since early 2007.

Excessive housing cost burden is a big negative in a housing market that is continuing to turn around.

UBS reported an increase in second-quarter profit and said it’s close to a settlement over U.S. mortgage-backed bond sales.

Wells Fargo and Citigroup are laying off hundreds of employees at their mortgage units.

Quality Mortgage Services finds the leading compliance problems in the mortgage origination process all happen when taking the initial loan application.

SunTrust Banks reported earnings of $1.31 per share for the first half of 2013, 36% higher than the first half of 2012.

Anyone thinking lawmakers are close to a consensus on housing finance reform was sorely disappointed by what they heard at a House hearing on July 18.

A St. Louis capital firm owner whose company helps customers refinance commercial and real estate loans was indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of wire fraud.

We're hearing that the change in interest rates from ever-decreasing to something else is a short-term phenomenon, but also a long-term one.

The filing launches a 30- to 90-day process that will determine whether the city is eligible for Chapter 9 protection.

A greater number of real estate investors are deciding to enter the flipping market this year.

New Residential completed an additional closing of excess mortgage servicing rights on loans with an unpaid principal balance of roughly $34 billion acquired from Nationstar Mortgage and Bank of America.