The massive growth of nonbank mortgage servicers poses risks to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to a report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's inspector general.

As home prices rise and municipalities scrounge for revenue, rising property taxes make it harder for loan applicants to meet regulatory debt-to-income ratio limits and increase default risk on existing mortgages.

Loan officers have traditionally been on an island with borrowers, with little management involvement in an originator’s communications with clients. Increasingly, lenders need to think about systems and/or protocols to ensure that such communications are handled properly.

Private mortgage insurers will be required to have master policies that meet new guidelines in place by Oct. 1, according to announcements this week from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The number of home retention actions taken by the largest banks in the first quarter was more than three times the amount of completed foreclosures, short sales and deed-in-lieu-of-foreclosure, according to a regulatory report released Thursday.

Unless the industry is content to be a boutique player with a hugely smaller pool of potential borrowers, it had better emulate the Fed and ease on down the road.

The Senate Banking Committee approved Julian Castro, the mayor of San Antonio, on Wednesday to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

In light of new regulations, servicers need to take a fresh look at their servicing file tools, processes, policies and procedures.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac suffered "significant financial harm" from "excessively-priced" force-placed insurance, an inspector general's report says, advising their regulator to assess whether to sue banks and insurers for damages.

Wholesale lenders are capping broker compensation at 2.75%, below the CFPB's 3%, adding another "overlay" above and beyond regulatory requirements. Some say borrowers are being shut out as a result.

The CFPB has opened a back door by accusing a lender of engaging in unfair and deceptive acts in connection with originating loans that the borrowers could not "afford."

Bank of America failed to win dismissal of two government lawsuits in which it’s accused of misleading investors about the quality of loans tied to $850 million in residential mortgage-backed securities.

The House Financial Services Committee approved legislation Friday to extend and modify the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act.

A new analysis by TransUnion gauges just how much the reporting of on-time rental payments can improve consumers' credit scores, especially for those with blemished credit.

New players have entered the field and are vying for lenders' business, but pressure on pricing is marginal and no company's market share position has changed drastically.

Financing plays a vital role in nonperforming loan investment. One of the most compelling things investors can do to get it is show how they handled a tough situation, financiers say.

A proposal to extend and modify the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act divided the House Financial Services Committee down party lines on Thursday, and signaled the battle lines that are likely to arise when the issue is worked out between the House and Senate.

The confluence of trends is making efficient portfolio and vendor management vital.

The GSEs make mortgages? Banks don't? For an economics professor who has made the causes of the housing collapse a central campaign issue, David Brat sure doesn't sweat the details.

Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, introduced a new plan Tuesday to modify and extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act.