Within the White House, the administration’s point person on GSE issues is Andrew Olmem, who serves on the National Economic Council. Prior to joining the NEC in 2017, Olmem was a partner at Venable, LLP. He also served as the Republican chief counsel and deputy staff director of the Senate Banking Committee.

Fannie Mae this week promoted Strategy Advisor Andy Peters to vice president and head of single-family strategy. He joined the government-sponsored enterprise last fall...

In May, the bureau published nine orders partially modifying CIDs issued over the past few years.

Industry trade groups are not happy with the regulatory language, believing it could prevent much needed reminders to mortgagors in trouble…

The name Moelis should be familiar to mortgage professionals, especially those keeping tabs on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

According to court filings, Wachovia Capital Markets, which served as one of the underwriters and book-runners for the NovaStar deals, provided investors with misleading statements in its SEC registrations and offering documents.

Anurag Agarwal, president of compliance risk analysis at Asurity Technologies, warned of an increase in regulatory examinations and fair lending inquiries from community groups and the media once the complete data set is available to the wider public.

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As recently as late April, Quicken reiterated it would not settle the False Claims Act case even though both parties earlier this spring agreed to work with a court-appointed mediator to try to resolve their dispute.

But Moody’s sees it differently, stating “more competitors could lead to weaker underwriting standards or price competition, both credit negatives for the GSEs’ creditors. How negative this would be depends on how quickly, and predictably, their market share declined.”