Compliance

Mortgage fraud risk through the end of 2012 is at its highest level in three years.

As the overseer of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has a duty to safeguard taxpayer dollars.

Since 2007 when the volume of delinquent mortgage loans increased to unprecedented levels, while surprised and unprepared, servicers started to reinvent their business and adjust to the new reality.

Credit unions are breathing a little easier that they will not be subject to the raft of new CFPB mortgage rules because they believe they're exempt may be in for a surprise.

National Association of Realtors data show the overall growth in commercial real estate leasing activity seen in most markets in 2012 will gain speed this year and in 2014.

Becky Walzak is concerned credit unions might think outsourcing their servicing means outsourcing the risk.

There are firms going around to lenders promoting that they will check out their title agents and make sure they are in good standing

Moody’s affirmed the speculative grade rating of one interest-only class from a 1997 commercial mortgage-backed securities deal.

Federal Reserve Gov. Jerome Powell said the central bank could revise its plan to eventually sell the securities acquired during its large-scale asset purchases.

When people speak about the cost of non-compliance the first thing people think about are fines levied in connection with investigations. In fact, that is the least of your concerns.

Lender Processing Services has introduced a new enhancement to a lien-related service that helps servicers manage portfolio risk.

Decision Ready Solutions and Wolters Kluwer Financial Services are teaming up to provide a strategic solution designed to assist mortgage servicers solve new Federal Housing Finance Agency requirements.

Since March 1, the servicing banks have assisted 554,400 borrowers with principal reductions, loan modifications, refinances and other forms of relief.

Despite early industry efforts to establish recommended industry standards for private-label residential mortgage-backed securities representations and warranties, some issuers are trying to diversify their approaches.

Iceland’s biggest mortgage bank said the government would bail out the lender before it’s unable to honor its debts.

There were almost 2 million fewer Americans underwater on their mortgage at the end of the fourth quarter compared with the same time in 2011.

The delinquency rate on single-family loans fell nearly 50 basis points during 2012 to the lowest level since 2008.

Toll Brothers tumbled the most in four years after reporting fiscal first-quarter earnings that trailed analyst estimates and projecting narrower margins.

Federal Reserve meeting minutes showed policy makers continued to debate when to start trimming debt purchases.

This represents the first time the Washington, D.C.-based agency has received funding from a state for legal assistance.