With increased competition in financing channels, commercial MBS is losing its popularity to fund commercial real estate loans when a previous CMBS loan reaches maturity, according to a Trepp report.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. plans to ease disclosure requirements for privately placed residential MBS under a rule guaranteeing the agency won’t reclaim securitization assets upon a bank’s failure.

The CFPB now prefers to solve potential mortgage violations through supervision rather than enforcement. The bureau also has shifted its fair lending priorities.

Keep in mind: A handful of senior officials who worked in the bureau’s supervision and enforcement division quit this year, including Assistant Director Christopher D’Angelo and Enforcement Director Kristen Donoghue...

The mortgage industry has urged the New York Department of Financial Services not to go beyond the CFPB in terms of regulating mortgage servicers.

Freedom Debt Relief agreed to settle allegations that it misled consumers who participated in its debt settlement program and charged fees without settling debts as promised.

The bureau is monitoring lending models and algorithms to prevent discrimination and boost access to credit.

Reversing the trend of the previous year, consumer complaints filed with the CFPB in-creased in the second quarter, according to an analysis by Inside the CFPB.

“We believe the implementation of state-specific standards offered in the proposal would create consumer uncertainty, add additional costs and produce possible deviations from federal law,” wrote the trade groups.

There has been a huge decline in enforcement actions and civil money penalties imposed by the CFPB in the first six months of 2019. What does this say about the bureau’s enforcement trend?