Compliance

The highest share of consumers in the two-and-a-half year history of Fannie Mae’s housing survey expects home prices to increase in the next 12 months.

Federal bank regulators have reached an agreement with 10 of the 14 banks conducting independent foreclosure reviews.

The congressional playbook for the new year is a familiar one, as lawmakers will continue to oversee implementation of the Dodd-Frank reform law and possibly begin to make inroads on housing finance reform.

Bank of America has entered into a $10.3 billion settlement with Fannie Mae to resolve repurchase issues involving nearly $300 billion in mortgages that B of A and Countrywide sold to the GSE from 2000 through 2008.

Several trade groups are pressing the GSE regulator to halt Fannie Mae’s secretive initiative to reduce the cost of force-placed insurance and replace it with a process that is more transparent and less disruptive to servicers.

Banks are pushing the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to give them a year to comply with new mortgage underwriting rules that could be released as early as this week.

A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit accusing the Department of Housing and Urban Development of setting up its reverse-mortgage program in a way that makes it more likely a surviving spouse will end up in foreclosure.

Bart Mellits was appointed the new leader of Ballard Spahr's real estate department.

Today, risk is marked by increasing complexity and velocity, and in light of our mobile, social and big-data landscape, there is urgency around proactively identifying and managing risk.

The Senate debate over the confirmation of a Federal Housing Administration commissioner has revealed a divide between some Republican lawmakers over the reason the FHA mortgage insurance fund is in the red.

Mortgage people need to toe the mark or CFPB may tow it for you.

The November 2012 CoreLogic National Foreclosure Report shows the number of completed foreclosures in the U.S. dropped 6% month-over-month.

David Kaup admitted to carrying out three separate fraud schemes that caused millions in losses to victims, but failed to appear for his sentencing.

Congressional efforts to reduce the U.S. deficit revived tax breaks for mortgage insurance and extended interest deductions for homeowners that will cost the government $600 billion over five years.

Savvy investors rushing to take advantage of current and long-term foreclosure-to-rental market opportunities may stumble upon an unexpected barrier: data.

The congressional playbook for the new year is a familiar one, as lawmakers will continue to oversee implementation of the Dodd-Frank reform law and possibly begin to make inroads on housing finance reform.

TCW Group Inc., Pacific Investment Management Co. and DoubleLine Capital LP are forecasting gains for mortgage bonds without government backing.

All industry stocks on this publication’s Mortgage Industry Equity Composite ended the trading day Wednesday with gains, with mortgage insurer MGIC leading the pack.

For the sixth straight month the number of completed foreclosures in Massachusetts declined by nearly 60% in November marking the beginning of a brighter future for this market.

Between $500 million and $600 million will be returned to the MF Global Inc. estate under an agreement.