House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters, D-CA, wants various rules and regulations introduced during Trump’s presidency to be rescinded or replaced.

Like in previous annual reports, the Financial Stability Oversight Council noted that nonbank mortgage companies can be more vulnerable to financial difficulties than depositories.

In testimony before lawmakers, both Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stressed that time and care is needed to raise capital before the GSEs exit conservatorship.

Regulatory reforms initiated after the 2008 financial crisis seemed to work as intended during the COVID-19 downturn, according to participants at the ABS East conference.

When Caliber Home Loans eventually goes public will CEO Sanjiv Das stay on or will he head to Washington?

As more nonbanks announce their Wall Street plans, state regulators once again wave the flag on risk.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has raised the baseline conforming loan limit for GSE mortgages by $37,850 for next year.

If not for the surge in originations and refi income, the delinquencies and defaults seen this spring could have caused some mortgage companies to fail, according to Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman.

FHFA Director Mark Calabria and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin seem to have different motives to take the GSEs out of conservatorship. However: Will they be able to reach an agreement soon?

Although FHFA claims to have taken steps to improve its supervisory prowess, no signs of those improvements are apparent, the agency OIG said in its semi-annual report to Congress.