Compliance

Positive forecasts on 10-year-guaranteed agency commercial mortgage-backed securities do not change analysts’ expectations to see sluggish CRE loan growth.

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia president Charles Plosser said the central bank should begin tapering its $85 billion in monthly bond buying in September.

A proposal by FASB could make GAAP accounting, but not statutory accounting, more volatile for mortgage insurers and title insurers.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned investors that higher interest rates could lead to a dramatic reduction in the bank’s profits by eroding demand for mortgage refinancing.

A trial has resulted in a Las Vegas mortgage agent being convicted for his role in a mortgage scheme that resulted in $1.43 million in fraudulent loans.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said its consumer complaint system is now taking debt collection complaints related to any consumer debt.

In the preliminary stages, lenders may not yet know what they need, much less want.

Mortgage companies could deny loan officers overtime in the wake of a U.S. appeals court ruling. But that may not be prudent.

Investors in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac accused the U.S. of depriving them of the value of their preferred shares when it changed the terms of its takeover of the mortgage finance companies in August 2012.

Compared to the first recovery years, full-service hotel prices are increasing at roughly the same pace as apartment prices.

REITs may have needed to sell about $30 billion of government-backed mortgage securities in just one week last month to maintain the amount of borrowing relative to their net worth.

We're hearing from New York where the attorney general recently filed a law suit against HSBC alleging things which, if true, could help explain why judicial foreclosures take so long.

W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital executives find deciding whether holding or selling mortgage servicing rights is worthwhile for the company in the long run both tough and rewarding.

Dodd-Frank Act measures designed to prevent a repeat of the global credit crisis will be largely complete by the end of this year.

Bank of America’s proposed $500 million settlement with a class of investors in residential mortgage-backed securities issued by its Countrywide Financial unit needs more explanation before it can be approved.

WFG National Title Insurance is making progress towards its goal of becoming a national underwriter of title insurance with the approval by regulators in Michigan to write business there.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a new batch of clarifications to its qualified mortgage and servicing rules.

Jewel Hinkles of Los Angeles pleaded guilty this week to bankruptcy fraud in connection with a foreclosure rescue scheme she ran.

CIFG Assurance North America agreed to settle lawsuits against Goldman Sachs Group and Capital One Financial’s GreenPoint Mortgage Funding over mortgage-backed securities.

Kevin Derricott of Rocklin, Calif., now faces 20 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud lenders out of millions of dollars.