Mark McArdle, an assistant director of mortgage markets at the CFPB, provided updates on the regulator’s priorities in terms of mortgage lending at the MBA’s independent mortgage bankers conference. The top concerns are LO comp practices and fair lending.

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Federal regulators discussed best practices for lenders’ redlining analysis to head off regulatory risk. Separately, Navy Federal Credit Union faces mortgage lending discrimination allegations.