Examiners from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) found that some mortgage servicers violated federal laws while supervising for compliance, CFPB announced recently.

Pennsylvania-based loan risk management firm LoanLogics has announced the introduction of a new signature examination tool that will make it easier to audit signatures contained in loan documents.

Bank of America's record $16.65 billion settlement with several government agencies over the sale of toxic residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) has been stalled by an internal disagreement within the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), sources familiar with the case said in a report from Bloomberg News.

CoreLogic's latest Mortgage Fraud Report, released Tuesday, shows a 3.2 percent year-over-year increase in fraud risk among mortgages in the U.S. in the second quarter of 2014, as measured by the Mortgage Application Fraud Risk Index.

Black Knight Financial Services (BKFS) is working to create a prototype of an industry-level report to provide detailed information on the consumer complaints the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) receives, promoting greater understanding for regulators and servicers.

Distressed residential properties had a median sales price of 37 percent below the median sales price of non-distressed properties nationwide in September, according to RealtyTrac's Q3 2014 Residential and Foreclosure Sales Report released Tuesday.

The Hunoval Law Firm, PLLC, a default and settlement services firm that serves North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, has announced the hiring of Michael Morris as its lead default attorney for South Carolina

Short sales and sales of distressed properties (those that are in foreclosure or bank-owned) accounted for 12.7 percent of all residential home sales in the U.S. in the third quarter, according to RealtyTrac's Q3 2014 Residential Sales Report released today.

The highest percentage of residential mortgage loans that were seriously underwater in the third quarter were originated during the housing bubble between 2004 and 2008, according to RealtyTrac's U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report for Q3 2014.

A recent study conducted by Trulia shows that while Democratic- and Republican-leaning U.S. markets were affected similarly by the housing crisis, the most pressing current issues of the housing industry seem to be more severely affecting Democratic-leaning metros.