The proposed consent order with the Pennsylvania-based mortgage lender, if entered by the court, would be the CFPB’s first redlining resolution with a nonbank.

Trade groups amplify concerns as the end of suspension of the PSPA limits approaches.

Though two prominent nonbank lenders shuttered recently as the refi business slows, there are currently few concerns about the potential for widespread failures of nonbanks.

In its final days, it appears that non-QM originator Sprout Mortgage had an IRS matter it was trying to work out. Current status: Unknown.

The federal government should move forbearance to the front of the loss-mitigation waterfall, researchers at the Urban Institute proposed. A similar policy during the pandemic did more good than harm, they found.

Fee-for-service partnerships between mortgage lenders and housing counseling agencies could bring scale to the pre-purchase counseling services HCAs offer, according to industry experts.

Freddie’s income declined by 35% in second quarter; home price appreciation chugged along; loan applications at low levels; delinquencies increase.

FHFA is working on an alternative to the single counterparty fee, triggered by a controversial provision in the new capital rule, that requires the GSEs to hold capital against one another as counterparties.

Fintechs are set to face increased scrutiny from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Commercial banks, so far, have turned in underwhelming mortgage results for the second quarter, but that was to be expected. The real show starts in a few weeks when publicly traded nonbanks release earnings.