SFIG Executive Director Richard Johns suggested that instead of removing requirements for risk-retention, policymakers could provide capital relief for issuers that retain risk on their securities, rewarding “good behavior.”

How much do LOs working at call centers earn per deal? We heard that some shops pay as little as 15 to 25 basis points...

In late January, Steven Sugarman, who built the bank into a well-regarded regional lender, resigned as CEO.

The number of mortgage-related examinations by the CFPB declined in most areas with one glaring exception: nonbank residential originators…

However, GSE reform will require a bipartisan effort and already other priorities are developing…

PHH argues the plaintiffs lack legal standing to intervene, their motion is “inexcusably untimely,” and it fails to satisfy the requirements for intervention.

As one executive put it: “January was slow, February was lower, and I can’t tell how March will be yet.”

Then again, Trump has been known to surprise people.

Challenges include higher interest rates, which are translating into lower production volume in 2017…

Each of the parties that were rebuffed recently in their attempts to intervene in the controversial legal dispute between PHH Corp. and the CFPB decided they wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. Each of them again filed a motion with the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seeking permission to intervene in the case, contrary to prevailing appeals court rules. Earlier this month, Democrat attorneys general from 16 states and the District of Columbia submitted a petition for rehearing en banc. Also, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-OH, and Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA, submitted a motion for rehearing en banc, as did a handful of public interest, consumer advocacy groups. All seek to inject themselves into the ...