Compliance & Coffee: Does Cost-Cutting Cost You More?
On Friday, September 30th, mortgage professionals from far and wide gathered in front of their various devices, caffeinated beverage in hand, for our...
That’s Not My Page! Social Media Made for You, But Not by You.
Carefully curating a corporate mortgage/financial services social media presence is practically a full-time job, given the intense regulatory focus...
CFPB Investigating Widespread Lending Violations in First Half of 2021
Financial regulators and lawmakers have worked tirelessly for decades to even the lending playing field for all possible customers, regardless of...
Online Mortgage Interest | CFPB/FHFA Originations Survey
The latest, highly-anticipated quarterly joint survey conducted by the CFPB and FHFA was recently published on July 30 and the results reflect...
CFPB: Regulation F Amendments to Move Forward without Delay
Although perhaps the most visible victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in the mortgage industry have been borrowers struggling to make their payments,...
CFPB drops hammer on GA debt relief company for telemarketing violations
The CFPB announced on July 8 that it had entered into a settlement with Georgia-based debt relief and ‘credit repair’ company Burlington Financial...
Service Complaints Amid Pandemic Forbearance Confusion
As the mortgage industry has pivoted and reorganized in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the likelihood that certain steps in the mortgage process...
ADA Website Compliance Risks
Designed to bring a world of information to the fingertips of everyone with a computer, the internet has not only brought a slew of privacy issues to...