Fair lending and pandemic-related enforcement could become enforcement focal points. Penalties for wrongdoings, on the other hand, could be lower.

Mortgage industry groups want a transition period between the expiration of the GSE “patch” and the implementation of a revised general QM definition to minimize market disruption.

Brian Johnson, who was deputy director of the CFPB until recently, has called on the agency to rescind a 2015 bulletin that essentially killed marketing services agreements.

While Republicans and Democrats continue to bicker over a second COVID relief package, industry groups warned that further halting of negative credit reporting may be disruptive to the market.

As many COVID-19-related loan forbearance plans near their end, financial regulators are asking mortgage servicers to provide additional relief.

The purpose of the CFPB’s prioritized assessments is not to find violations, but to assess risks and to have a supervisory dialogue with the institution, according to bureau officials.

California’s plan to create a state-level CFPB back on the table; NCLC calls for prohibition of collection of all time-barred debts; Mr. Cooper nears settlement with the CFPB.

Chinese buyers led the decline in foreign purchases of U.S. residential properties for the year ending March 31, according to NAR.

Despite holding sizable equity, homeowners are reluctant to tap it due to concerns tied to the pandemic, according to the MBA.