Appraisers are most frustrated with the FHA, excessive regulations and insufficient compensation, according to a National Association of Realtors survey of more than 2,000 appraisers.

The three major credit bureaus plan to exclude two critical pieces of negative information from their reports, which may make it easier for some borrowers to qualify for a mortgage.

A program launched in September to provide grants to mortgage brokers has helped launch 15 new independent mortgage brokerage shops, according to the National Association of Mortgage Brokers.

Thanks to strong growth in the agency market, the supply of single-family MBS outstanding continued to grow over the final three months of 2016, a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis reveals.

An interview this week with Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital and a perennial critic of the Federal Reserve, suggests that the extraordinary level of support the U.S. central bank gave to the housing and mortgage markets in the wake of the financial crisis may mean the Fed is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

PHH Corp. and related parties again made a full defense of their position in their legal struggle with the CFPB over alleged misconduct under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.

Former Goldman Sach executive, James Donovan, is the latest Goldman hire for a senior government position in the Trump Administration.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Nationstar Mortgage $1.75 million this week for allegedly violating the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.

The volume of home mortgages outstanding continued to grow during the final three months of 2016, no thanks to the commercial banking industry.

The Trump Administration’s proposed budget for FY2018 includes a $6.2 billion cut to programs falling under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.