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Watt said in a statement in July that the purpose of the pay raises was to "promote CEO retention, allow reliable succession planning, and ensure the continuity, efficiency and stability" at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Watt's predecessor, Ed DeMarco, capped the GSE CEO pay at $600,000 a year more than three years ago after four years of conservatorship.

In the last 18 months, however, banks have generally become profitable as economic conditions have improved, unemployment is down, and loan demand has increased, leading Curry to ask: “Where do we go from here? What will it take to ensure that banks remain solvent, stable, and secure in their role in the payments and credit system?”

One of the major reasons why the financial crisis occurred back in 2008 is that the country was ill-equipped to address risks to the financial system; the regulatory structure could not keep up with the changing U.S. financial marketplace and the country lacked single entity that was accountable for protecting the stability of the entire financial system, Pinschmidt said.

According to the bank’s quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the bank has agreed to pay $335 million to settle a federal lawsuit that claims the bank misled shareholders as to the quality of certain mortgage-backed securities sold to investors immediately following the crisis.

Despite substantial declines over the last three to four years, especially in the last year, the rate of foreclosure inventory—that is, the percentage of residential properties that were in some state of foreclosure—remains about two and a half times its “normal” or pre-recession level, according to Black Knight Financial Services’ September 2015 Mortgage Monitor released Monday.

The serious delinquency rate on single-family mortgage loans backed by Fannie Mae is still well below its pre-crisis levels after declining by three basis points in September down to 1.59 percent. The serious delinquency rate on Fannie Mae-backed single-family mortgage loans has declined every quarter since Q1 2010.

LRES, a company that specializes in national REO and appraisal management while offering property valuations, asset management, HOA and technology solutions for the mortgage industry, recently made two new hires.

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) sent a letter to President Obama, calling on the Administration to end the conservatorships and recapitalize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Counsel's Corner is an ongoing series in which DS News talks with default servicing attorneys around the country about the most pressing issues facing the default servicing and mortgage industries. This installment features Mike Flynn, partner in Goodwin Procter’s Financial Institutions Group.

In his new role, Ciulla will be responsible for developing strategic client relationships, alliances, and partnerships across a wide array of industries including mortgage, appraisal, financial services, and real estate brokerages.