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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray faced intense grilling from U.S. Senators as lawmakers considered him for a second leadership term Tuesday.
Initially, the president appointed Cordray during a series of recess appointments, bypassing Senate...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray faced intense grilling from U.S. Senators as lawmakers considered him for a second leadership term Tuesday.
Initially, the president appointed Cordray during a series of recess appointments, bypassing Senate...
Ally Bank reached an agreement to sell a portfolio of agency mortgage servicing rights to Ocwen Financial Corp.
Ally ($25.41...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray is scheduled for an intense grilling by U.S. Senators at a confirmation hearing on Tuesday to discuss his future as leader of the CFPB.
In prepared remarks for the Senate Banking Committee, Cordray notes the...
Ongoing concern about how interest rate fluctuations could impact Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac prompted the Office of the Inspector General for the Federal Housing Finance Agency to audit the FHFA's oversight of these risks.
...Ongoing concern about how interest rate fluctuations could impact Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac prompted the Office of the Inspector General for the Federal Housing Finance Agency to audit the FHFA's oversight of these risks.
...Real estate agents live in a market that is constantly shifting, pushing them in new directions.
So what is causing the rapid change? For starters, the sales landscape for real estate agents changed dramatically after the 2008 housing bust, forcing many retail agents to fill their buckets...
The amount of commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding swelled in the fourth quarter of 2012, marking the largest increase since 2008, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association analysis of the Federal Reserve Board's flow of funds.
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The amount of commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding swelled in the fourth quarter of 2012, marking the largest increase since 2008, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association analysis of the Federal Reserve Board's flow of funds.
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Stable mortgage rates are making refinancing less attractive to the newest prime mortgage borrowers in residential mortgage-backed securitization pools.
This is expected to keep prepayment rates on loans originated during the past several months slower than those originated between...
Investors in the single-family housing market could create a price floor, locking in higher prices for underwater homeowners who eventually hope to return to positive equity, suggested Elizabeth Duke with the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve System.
In a...
HousingWire's Monday Morning Cup of Coffee takes a look at news from the weekend, with more coverage on bigger issues.
OneWest Bank executives are considering the possibility of selling the big savings and loan company, the LA Times...
HousingWire's Monday Morning Cup of Coffee takes a look at news from the weekend, with more coverage on bigger issues.
OneWest Bank executives are considering the possibility of selling the big savings and loan company, the LA Times...
A Federal Housing Administration proposal to lower the loan-to-value ratio requirements for government-backed loans valued above $625,500 has gained the support of the Mortgage Bankers Association.
The plan would essentially lower the...
While continuing to chip away at the damage caused by the housing crisis, the overall health of the housing recovery still remains fragile, the Obama Administration said in its latest...