Federal courts have thrown out the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s aggressive interpretation of anti-kickback provisions in the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. But plenty of questions remain about how new management of the agency will handle the issue or the fate of existing guidance on marketing service agreements, industry experts said this week.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development will issue, in September, final rules to ease FHA requirements for financing condominium purchases and refinancings.

“There is potential for them to issue more guidance, and we hope it to be the right guidance that’s consistent with 40 years of the RESPA law,” said Kenneth Trepeta…

Some warehouse lenders are nervous about the VA ‘orphan loan’ mess as well, sources told Inside Mortgage Finance…

FHA may soon have a new condo lending rule, but one lobbyist called it "four years too late..."

The figures show that compared to the first quarter of 2017, both JPM and Wells greatly reduced their FHLB borrowings…

Leon Cooperman has been increasing his stake in Ocwen Financial and now owns about 11 percent of the firm…

Incenter Mortgage Advisors, Denver, is getting ready to launch a flow MSR marketplace of its own…

In the spring of 2017, it came to light the bureau would take legal action against Zillow...

President Trump last week nominated Kathy Kraninger, a little-known White House budget official, to head the CFPB. The nomination has set the stage for a contentious Senate confirmation process. Most observers were surprised by Trump’s CFPB pick as Kraninger’s name has never come up in public discussion of possible nominees to become the next director of the bureau. The first question for many was: Who is Kathy Kraninger? The nominee currently serves as ...