Few multistate lenders subject to reviews by state regulators submitted sufficient mortgage call report data last year, according to the Multistate Mortgage Committee. The regulators also cited lenders for origination issues and said they are working toward settlements with smaller servicers. The 2012 annual report released late last week by the MMC detailed two separate widespread data-related violations of state regulations, one involving limited scope electronic exams and the other involving a risk profiling program. The LSE exams were introduced...

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The GOP wants to know why the CFPB has spent so much money on outside contractors.

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