Compliance

The delinquent unpaid balance for commercial mortgage-backed securities decreased in nine of the past 12 remittance periods through November 2012.

A Las Vegas real estate agent was sentenced to a prison term for her participation in a mortgage fraud scheme involving, among other things, straw buyers.

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the ratings of 11 tranches and upgraded the ratings of six tranches from six 2004 jumbo residential mortgage-backed securities deals issued by Wells Fargo.

When conducting a broker price opinion, one of the most important aspects to determine the proper value for an asset is being familiar with that local community.

Teaching struggling borrowers how to manage their finances creates value at numerous levels not only for the parties directly involved such as servicers.

Hedge funds and private-equity firms are betting on delinquent home loans being sold by the Federal Housing Administration.

Some cities, like Santa Ana, are refusing to hand over to the state money from the remaining affordable housing funds of their defunct redevelopment agencies.

Up to 55% of the economists, real estate experts, investors and market strategists participating in a survey find 2013 home prices would not be negatively affected by potential mortgage interest deduction reductions.

Rep. Barney Frank, the retiring lead Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, has always been known for speaking his mind.

Third Federal Savings & Loan Association of Cleveland said regulators terminated its memorandum of understanding.

Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the private-label residential mortgage-backed securities market won’t be systematic and estimates for it are shrinking under closer examination.

House Republicans are seeking all HUD documents and communications regarding the fiscal year 2012 Federal Housing Administration actuarial report.

Financial institutions and their regulators have battled for years with the accounting standards entity over the proper way to move away from the pre-crisis requirement that banks set aside reserves only when a loss had already been incurred on a loan.

Prices in England and Wales slipped 0.1%, the same as November.

Florida investor properties are over three times as risky for employment/income fraud as compared to owner occupied properties.

One feature that makes the Reading CoRe program unique is a real estate transfer tax incentive for participating borrowers.

Donna DeMaio will have the same policies that led United Guaranty to become No. 1 in new insurance written.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as a matter of routine practice, already has enforcement attorneys present at routine audits.

The Dow Jones Townsend Core U.S. Real Estate Investment Trust Index has been introduced by S&P Dow Jones Indices and The Townsend Group.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rely on Libor to determine interest payments on their investments in floating-rate financial instruments such as bonds and swaps.