One trade group rep noted that “anyone telling you” the TRID transition process “is somewhat smooth, is full of it.”

The CHLA is renewing its call for Treasury and the FHFA to amend the preferred stock purchase agreements once again, allowing the GSEs to build capital...

“My lenders are keenly aware of meeting their FHA responsibilities,” Corso said in an interview with Inside Mortgage Finance…

Private rights of action are not covered by the CFPB good faith language on TRID...

In the past, the duty to serve rule has received a great deal of attention from manufactured housing executives who argue the GSEs are not purchasing enough of their loans.

Some other CFPB mortgage-related issues could come up for discussion, such as a hold-harmless enforcement period under the bureau’s new TRID rule...

Through the first nine months of the year, PennyMac originated $36.92 billion of residential mortgages, an impressive 74.9 percent gain from the same period a year earlier.

Compass Point predicts the measure now has a 40 percent to 60 percent chance of passage under the omnibus spending bill.

In case you were unaware, Joe Garrett has never been a big fan of the CFPB, but unlike some advisors, he is willing to state his feelings on-the-record…

There is limited good news to report for lenders in terms of industry efforts to secure regulatory relief from a variety of rules from the CFPB. Among the good news is that the transportation funding legislation that President Obama is expected to sign shortly includes language that will grant the CFPB greater flexibility to treat a balloon loan as a “qualified mortgage” if it was extended by a community bank or creditor operating in rural or underserved areas. Other language will institute a process for banks and other stakeholders to petition the bureau to designate an area as “rural” or “underserved” for the purposes of the CFPB’s ability-to-repay rule. Another provision will expand the bureau’s ability to exempt creditors serving ...