Mortgage-related issues will be a big component of the CFPB’s fair lending priorities for 2017, the bureau indicated in an online blog post late last year. Among the issues for the mortgage industry are redlining and servicing. “While the bureau has taken important strides in our efforts to protect consumers from credit discrimination and broaden access to credit, we continue to identify new and emerging fair lending risks and we will monitor institutions for compliance,” said Patrice Ficklin, associate director of the CFPB’s Office of Fair Lending. Going forward, then, the bureau is increasing its focus in three key areas, the first of which is redlining. “We will continue to evaluate whether lenders have intentionally avoided lending in minority neighborhoods,” ...

When the housing recession was in its early years, negative equity was most pronounced in a handful of Southwestern and Southeastern markets...

With rates rising (and staying that way, for now) mortgage M&A is expected to pick up steam in the coming months...

But if you think that Wells Fargo will pull a “BofA” and quietly downshift its presence in mortgages, think again.

PHH said it will subservice the loans for New Residential "for an initial period of three years, subject to certain termination provisions."

The sale proceeds exclude estimated transaction fees and expenses of roughly 5.0 percent...

Tim Howard, a former Fannie Mae CFO, called Mnuchin’s comments “a welcome reset…”

New Residential is entitled to a $10 million termination fee if the sale falls apart...

JPMorgan Chase was the only firm that saw a decline in production-related revenue during the third quarter…

The claims relating to the servicing settlement were dismissed with prejudice, which means Schneider cannot bring them again.