Compliance

A new Fannie Mae report suggests many previously underwater borrowers’ equity is rising back to levels more in line with their mortgages.

The Washington metropolitan area will see average rents decrease as much as 2%, making it the only market other than Detroit to have a drop among the top 20 U.S. cities.

Wells Fargo's shareholders have rejected a proposal that would have directed the company to review whether its mortgage servicing and foreclosure practices violate anti-discriminatory laws.

Despite its rapid growth and healthy economy, Houston has some problems more commonly found in Rust Belt cities, particularly abandoned or substandard housing.

Hundreds of thousands of homes are being withheld from the market, raising questions about whether the recent run-up in housing prices is artificial.

Recovering from natural disasters can often be very difficult not only for families and communities, but servicers, too.

MortgageKeeper Referral Services has added resources to aid homeowners in case of natural disaster.

Increasing home values will have only a limited benefit for residential mortgage-backed securities loss severities.

We're hearing both lenders and investors should make sure not to let their guard down.

With federal and state regulation changes being made at the "speed of light" within the mortgage industry, compliance is the main concern for servicers.

A Maryland mortgage broker has entered a guilty plea in two separate fraud schemes.

Regulatory oversight continues to be a top issue facing the origination industry in industry recruiting firm Hammerhouse’s latest annual survey of active participants in that market.

Oregon District Judge Michael W. Mosman sentenced Tu Ngoc Tran of Portland to 63 months in prison following his conviction in a jury trial on drug and mortgage fraud charges.

The proposed move could result in downgrades for about 1,200 residential mortgage-backed securities.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is renewing its efforts to get Congress to pass legislation that will give the Federal Housing Administration additional enforcement powers.

Fitch is registering some concern about what it describes as a “very rapid rise” in the number of U.S. large-loan commercial mortgage-backed securities deals in recent months.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ recently proposed additional changes to its residential/commercial mortgage-backed securities valuation method could have a particularly notable impact on alternative-A credit fixed-rate and subprime securities.

A former employee of a New Jersey timeshare consulting firm has pleaded guilty to separate mortgage and unemployment scams.

Housing counseling agencies have long been known for their ability to provide solid advice on alternatives, rental options, credit repairs and a range of other topics, including reverse mortgages.

Some mortgage technology and software providers are seeing increased demand for Software as a Service solutions in the foreclosure-to-rent marketplace.