The proposal has some positives and some negatives for servicers.

Some $9.71 billion of conforming jumbos were included in GSE MBS issued during the second quarter.

The Appraisal Foundation’s Appraiser Qualification Board sets appraiser qualification criteria and there were concerns that the criteria prompted a disparate racial impact on entry into the appraiser profession.

The proposal includes six defect areas through the servicing life cycle and remedies for each defect area.

The meeting will help the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office as it considers policy options on title insurance.

The Mortgage Bankers Association applauded the Fed chair's comments revealing the plan.

The downgrade was tied to a debt exchange offer the reverse-mortgage lender announced in late June.

The 203(k) program provides financing for rehabilitation of single-family homes.

Investors act differently than owner-occupants in terms of servicing-related decisions.

Applications for refinances declined for the fourth consecutive week.