Regulators have acknowledged that the lack of legal clarity and the speedy implementation of the new forbearance requirements may set the stage for exploitation by unscrupulous or ill-informed servicers.

The CFPB is likely to extend the qualified-mortgage patch, but the question remains whether it will make changes to the current QM framework.

House Republicans are pushing Federal Reserve and Treasury to create a liquidity facility for mortgage servicers struggling to fund advances.

According to independent mortgage bankers, aggregators are adding credit overlays and refusing to buy loans in response to post-closing forbearance risk.

A lack of consistent post-forbearance options may pose additional risks for the industry, particularly for loans owned by Fannie and Freddie.

The coronavirus crisis appears to have already sent the U.S. economy into a technical recession, according to economists at Fannie Mae.

Nonbank liquidity remained a contentious issue this week with the FHFA shutting the Fannie/Freddie assistance window as the coronavirus continued to hammer the U.S. economy. Solutions? Maybe the Fed.

Megaservicer Mr. Cooper anticipates a large MSR mark for the first quarter, thanks to lower rates and COVID-19. The big question: How bad will it be for the rest of the industry?

The support mortgage servicers receive during the coronavirus crisis may be used as a cudgel to enforce key changes.

Milbank has received a one-year, $3 million contract to provide legal services related to ending the conservatorships of the GSEs.