Mortgage industry stakeholders are on the same page with affordable housing and minority rights groups, at least when it comes to the FHFA’s proposal to require Fannie and Freddie to have concrete plans to improve equity in mortgage lending.

If capital and liquidity requirements for nonbank servicers are too stringent, firms could leave the business and borrowers’ costs for mortgages could increase.

Federal regulators have begun to flex their muscles on fair lending under the DOJ’s new Combatting Redlining Initiative.

Subservicing behemoth Cenlar has caught the attention of the OCC, which slapped the loan processor with a consent order because of its risk management shortcomings. On the menu: corrective actions.

While many lenders are already originating mortgages using replacements for LIBOR, many legacy ARMs remain linked to the London benchmark, according to an analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance.

CRA trade-offs and nonbanks: Let’s make a deal? Maybe, maybe not. Meanwhile, investors are still willing to sink cash into good mortgage ideas.

Commercial banks cranked up the value of their servicing portfolios in the third quarter, but not dramatically. Soon, we’ll find out how the nonbanks viewed the same asset.

The flexibility and innovation shown by mortgage lenders during the pandemic should be incorporated into everyday practices, according to panelists at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual convention.

CoreLogic this week completed its purchase of ClosingCorp., while SimpleNexus wrapped up a deal to buy LBA Ware.

While some conservative and moderate Democrats have hinted that they’ll accept a substantially smaller infrastructure bill than originally planned, other key members of the party say housing must be part of the package.