A report released last week by the Treasury Department encouraged broader use of automated appraisals and recommended that Congress help push the technology forward. Not surprisingly, the appraisal industry is urging caution.

After a brief hiatus while new management took over, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently has resumed taking enforcement actions. Attorneys said the settlements look similar to those under the prior leadership, but the enforcement strategy is different.

There was no mention of Freddie Mac’s CEO, Don Layton.

IMA and MountainView expect to trade more product this year than last…

Second-ranked JPMorgan Chase had a similarly disappointing quarter.

A spokesperson told Inside the CFPB the agency’s office of enforcement is now “actively litigating 23 cases.”

At the end of July, Citadel serviced $1.75 billion of non-QMs…

At June 30, Redwood held $5.5 billion of residential loans on its books, up 40.6 percent from a year ago.

At the very least, the MBA wants a timeframe from the regulators…

But the bailout calculations – mandated under the Dodd-Frank Act Stress Tests – were not done by the FHFA.