The department plans to make it harder for plaintiffs to bring a disparate-impact claim under the Fair Housing Act.

Mortgage rates are at three-year lows but it’s possible a floor might not be seen for some time. Credit (blame?) the trade war with China.

Private mortgage insurers are optimistic the sector won’t face a large decline in volume once the qualified mortgage patch expires.

Changes to the QM-rule will likely impact Fannie and Freddie profits, but market participants say we still don’t know how, or how much.

Waterstone Bank plans to test the waters of the non-QM market, a niche that most depositories have avoided. Is this part of a growing trend or just an isolated detour into the unknown?

Earlier this year, Wells Fargo offloaded roughly $20.7 billion in Ginnie servicing rights. The buyers? A bank and a nonbank. Meanwhile, the Equifax data hack will cost upwards of $700 million in settlement costs.

The CFPB now prefers to solve potential mortgage violations through supervision rather than enforcement. The bureau also has shifted its fair lending priorities.

Is the White House getting cold feet on administrative reform of Fannie and Freddie? Maybe, maybe not, but it appears the Federal Housing Finance Agency may not release its GSE capital rule until December.

The Mortgage Bankers Association is making headway on getting the CFPB to change its loan originator compensation rules. But how far will the bureau go?

Industry groups are unsettled by state mortgage servicing requirements that go beyond the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rules. More than 30 states now require nonbank servicers to obtain licenses.