The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau likely will not publish a final rule on the integrated and simplified consumer disclosures under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the Truth in Lending Act until sometime in September, according to the agency’s newly released semiannual regulatory agenda.

Impac Mortgage, one of the fastest growing funders among the top 100, has hired Mike Casey and Matthew Dismore to bolster its correspondent lending division.

Although the ink is barely dry on the new ‘Qualified Mortgage’ rule, mortgage bankers are already voicing concerns about how it will hurt compensation and affect the jumbo market.

Competition in FHA lending may get a boost following the easing of reporting requirements for insured depository institutions with $500 million or less in total assets.

Bexil American Mortgage, a company headed by industry veteran John Robbins, finally revealed the name of the mortgage banking firm it agreed to buy a few weeks back: Castle Mortgage of Vestavia Hills, AL.

Over half the high-cost counties in the U.S. will have new VA loan limits in 2013, according to a new analysis by Inside FHA Lending

Outside the weather’s frightful – and inside the loan closings are piling up like snow drifts in Northern Minnesota.

Equity Loans LLC, Atlanta, a national direct lender, said it has received final approval to become a Fannie Mae seller/servicer.

Freddie Mac acquired $62.5 billion of mortgages from its seller/servicers in November, its best purchase month since June 2009, according to figures released by the secondary market giant.