Government

Due to the wealth-building power of homeownership, the administration is heavily focused on housing policy.

HUD Secretary Fudge elected to serve as Chair of council to prevent homelessness with Biden allotting funds to HUD from his Budget for 2022 to advance housing equity.

Former Wells Fargo Head of Home Lending comes out of retirement to lead GSE.

This working document's expanded dataset reportedly gives researchers and policymakers more complete historical information of mortgage risk than ever before.

A recent Legal League 100 Spring Servicer Summit examined the journey servicers and regulators will be embarking on when the foreclosure moratoria are lifted.

New bill calls for the CFPB to remove the obstacles to accessible banking resources and in underserved communities.

By submission of their proposed plans, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are laying the groundwork for improvements in three underserved housing markets.

A panel of experts shared their ideas in a recent Legal League 100 webinar on how the servicing industry and regulators are assisting consumers with pandemic-related forbearance plans and options to keep more Americans in their homes.

Forbearance levels are looking better across the board as volume decreases for all types of mortgage loans, according to the weekly report from Black Knight. Keeping with the strong trend of early-month improvements, overall volumes dropped by 61,000 or 2.7%. ...

The mortgage servicing industry’s top thought leaders converge with government reps for a Legal League 100 virtual gathering tackling the hot-button issues impacting the marketplace.