There could be substantial revisions to some major mortgage-related rulemakings from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the direction of Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, such as the ability-to-repay rule and the mortgage servicing rules.

The Community Mortgage Lenders of America is also against the concept of guarantors being lenders or having lending affiliates.

In November of last year, Capital One disclosed it would exit the mortgage business, which it entered eight years ago by purchasing Chevy Chase Bank.

Chase Home Finance still held second place in the GSE servicing arena, though its portfolio has been shrinking slightly…

Flagstar's serviced-for-others portfolio increased to 442,000 loans from 415,000 in 3Q17, but a large chunk of that represents subservicing arrangements.

Pershing Square plans to cut almost one-fifth of its staff. One of the casualties: Ackman’s personal driver…

A staggering 15.8 percent of the island commonwealth’s FHA loans were more than 90 days late as of Dec. 31, and another 13.0 percent were 30-90 days in arrears.

HomeStreet ranks 41st among all residential lenders, according to Inside Mortgage Finance…

In recent days, Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia circuit ruled, as expected, to deny CFPB Deputy Director Leandra English’s personal legal bid soliciting a preliminary injunction to unseat Acting Director Mick Mulvaney and install her in the job. For multiple reasons, “including that English has not demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits [of her case] or shown that she will suffer irreparable injury absent injunctive relief, her request for a preliminary injunction is denied,” the judge wrote. Further, “The president has designated Mulvaney the CFPB’s acting director, the CFPB has recognized him as the acting director, and it is operating with him as the acting director,” he continued. “Granting English ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, recently questioned whether CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney is intentionally trying to undermine the bureau, utilizing some Inspector General concerns about the agency’s data security as a pretext. In a letter to Mulvaney and Leandra English, the deputy director of the federal regulator, Warren said the CFPB cannot fulfill its core functions without collecting personally identifiable information. “When a consumer submits a complaint, the CFPB asks for information such as their name and account number to enable the agency to help resolve the dispute,” Warren said. “CFPB bank examiners and enforcement lawyers regularly use account-level data provided by regulated institutions to detect improper and unlawful activity.” Similarly, the bureau’s Office of Fair Lending collects and analyzes ...