Servicing values slipped in the fourth quarter, a victim of lower interest rates from mid-October to yearend. Hedging helped, but weaker escrow values played a role as well.

Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge called on Congress to increase housing supply through preservation efforts, financing incentives and other means.

Fannie Mae has identified a significant number of appraisals conducted by unlicensed appraisers using stolen identities.

By automating its biennial review system, the FHLBank regulator has dramatically reduced the number of member institutions that are inadvertently omitted from community support reporting.

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s prohibition on false, deceptive or misleading representations applies even if such representations are made unintentionally and unknowingly, the CFPB said in an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals.

The challenges borrowers of student loans face include long hold times on phone calls, delays in application processing and inaccurate billing statements.

Response Tree allegedly operated more than 50 websites that used deception and dark patterns to trick consumers into providing personal information that was sold to telemarketers.

The former FHFA director says Congress will never act, but that the GSEs should create subsidiaries, then complete an initial public offering to get out of government control.

Small depositories warn changes at the FHLBs could increase members’ costs and reduce access to FHLB funding. Worse, these changes could take place without formal rulemaking.

Conservatives argue that the government subsidy of the FHLBanks doesn’t support housing and mostly benefits large banks rather than homeowners.