A Maryland jury has convicted Annika Boas, 37, for her role in a residential mortgage fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein announced late last week.

Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, issued a statement on September 23 regarding the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to the effect that he believes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)'s data collection methods are intrusive and therefore not in consumers' best interests.

The burden of student loan debt is preventing potential home buyers from starting households, which in turn is hindering overall economic growth, according to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director Richard Cordray at the Announcement on Public Service and Student Debt on September 23.

Michigan-based real estate finance and credit industry law firm Potestivo & Associates recently announced the hiring of Art Sriratana as associate attorney. Sriratana will be working in the Foreclosure Department at Potestivo's Chicago office.

Plain City, Ohio-based mortgage field services provider A2Z Field Services was recently named to Inc. 5000's list of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies for the second time in the last four years.

The data on 2013 mortgage lending transactions at thousands of U.S. financial institutions was made available starting Monday, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) announced.

Domestic-based mortgage services provider LenderLive Network has announced the hiring of Charlie Kent as VP of national sales for the Settlement Services division.

Representatives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Ginnie Mae convened at the second annual Ginnie Mae Summit on September 22 to discuss initiatives and programs designed to create a healthy housing market.

In an effort to sign more eligible homeowners up for the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is holding its third HARP outreach event on October 2 in Detroit.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation on September 19 that allows small businesses to spend capital toward creating jobs instead of compliance.