The Federal Housing Finance Agency released its annual progress report summarizing the activities of the GSEs in 2017. Objectives in the 2017 scorecard required the enterprises to continue t... Read more
Hundreds of companies applied for the honor of being named to the HW Tech100, a list of the most innovative tech companies in the housing and mortgage finance space... but only 100 were crow... Read more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its ninth request for information, requesting input on its guidance and implementation support. The bureau is seeking comments and information... Read more
New reports from S&P Global Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service show the housing sector could become the greatest beneficiaries to the recently passed spending plan. The ratings agencies e... Read more
Fannie Mae announced it completed its first Credit Insurance Risk Transfer transaction of 2018, transferring risk on $16.9 billion in single-family loans. The deal, CIRT 2018-1, is part of t... Read more
The TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule was conceived as part of the CFPB’s noble goal of giving consumers information about their total loan costs before they signed documents that bound... Read more
A new report from a federal watchdog finds that the Federal Housing Administration incorrectly insured approximately $1.9 billion worth of mortgages in 2016. The new report, which was publis... Read more
The Appraiser Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation announced it is drastically reducing the requirements to become an appraiser. The board is updating its requirements to become... Read more
[Op-ed] In the wake of the publication of a scathing column against Rob Chrisman, calling out his derogatory jokes, the industry’s response has been divisive. While I share the author’s conc... Read more
Freddie Mac announced it sold $22.4 million in deeply non-performing loans to New Penn Financial, a minority, woman-owned business. Freddie Mac explained the loans in the pool have been deli... Read more
