A whistleblower-initiated investigation has resulted in Guaranteed Rate agreeing to pay $15 million for violating False Claims Act rules.

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

The nonbank mortgage sector appeared to be whistling by the graveyard earlier this week because of liquidity concerns sparked by the pandemic. For now, crisis has been averted but the situation is fluid.

The FHFA director expects that close to one million GSE borrowers will inquire about forbearance during April, and two million by June.

The bill asks servicers of agency loans to offer forbearance to borrowers experiencing “hardship” but doesn’t say how to assess the impact.

Mortgage servicers’ phone lines over the past few days have been inundated with calls from borrowers requesting forbearance.

The mortgage market remained unsettled as the coronavirus damaged the U.S. economy and lenders weighed their options. The Fed came to the rescue with liquidity measures but fears regarding nonbanks persist.