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Automating the mortgage process will force tighter margins, but drive higher volume, for lenders.

The reserve bank's proposal to address banks and nonbanks that remain "too big to fail" does not include two of the largest such institutions: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Banks have not yet finished with the wave of lawsuits stemming from the financial crisis. There are ways they can better ward off those threats next time around.

Momentum to overhaul the mortgage finance system had been slipping, and with Democrats divided over the Senate's banking relief bill there's virtually no chance more bipartisan deals can be worked out.

A Department of Labor pilot program will let mortgage lenders and other businesses resolve wage and hour liabilities without exposing themselves to additional Fair Labor Standards Act risks.

Governments are studying ways blockchain can safeguard property records and simplify how they get tracked.

News that the GSEs need an infusion from Treasury to cover quarterly losses underscores problems with the government’s 2012 decision to “sweep” the housing giants’ profits.

As policymakers take another crack at housing finance reform, federal leaders and the housing lobby are once again perpetuating the false notion that ending government guarantees would cause the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage to vanish.

Community banks and consumer advocates are clashing over a provision in the Senate banking bill on mortgage data reporting, but there’s been little vetting of what the measure would actually do.

A Senate proposal calling for a federal guarantee on mortgage-backed securities would only benefit the largest banks and increase the risk of bailouts.