The Lede

ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., reported a 4 percent increase in foreclosure filings in the first quarter but noted such filings fell by nearly 20 percent from a year ago.

If--and when--housing finance reform eventually becomes effective, the resulting entities that securitize and/or guarantee U.S. mortgages will be appropriately capitalized, have ample access to capital markets and be regulated such that high investment-grade ratings will likely be warranted, said Fitch Ratings, New York.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring MBA Associate Vice President and Managing Regulatory Counsel Justin Wiseman, who discusses recent requests for information issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring MBA Associate Vice President and Managing Regulatory Counsel Justin Wiseman, who discusses recent requests for information issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring MBA Associate Vice President and Managing Regulatory Counsel Justin Wiseman, who discusses recent requests for information issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said mortgage delinquencies fell in January as the impact from 2017 hurricanes and wildfires faded.

Mortgage Daily, Apr. 16, 2018The second-quarter forecast for refinance originations has been raised--though the gain came at the expense of expected second-half production.

National Mortgage Professional, Apr. 16, 2018--Phil HallHome prices climbed for the 24th consecutive month in March while home sales fell for a fourth consecutive month, according to the latest RE/MAX National Housing Report.

USA Today, Apr. 13, 2018--Kevin McCoyFederal regulators are seeking a $1 billion payment from Wells Fargo to settle problems with mortgage and auto loan issues, along with compliance risk management concerns, the bank said Friday as it reported its first-quarter earnings.

Wall Street Journal, Apr. 15, 2018--Ryan Tracy, Christina Rexrode (subscription)Smaller banks say deregulation bill doesn't go far enough and mainly benefits the biggest regional banks.

CBS News, Apr. 12, 2018Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren grilled Office of Budget and Management Director Mick Mulvaney on Thursday over his numerous votes to abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Wall Street Journal, Apr. 12, 2018--Lalita Clozel (subscription)An appeals court appeared skeptical Thursday that the interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could independently run the bureau given his other role as head of the White House's Office of Management and Budget.

Wall Street Journal, Apr. 12, 2018--Laura Kusisto, Rolfe Winkler (subscription)Real-estate listings company Zillow Group is getting into the business of buying and flipping homes, a risky and untested business model for the online service that could disrupt the traditional brokerage business.

CNBC, Apr. 12, 2018--Diana Olick Subprime mortgages--home loans to borrowers with sketchy credit who put little to no skin in the game. Following the epic housing crash, they disappeared, due to strong, new regulation, and zero demand from investors who were badly burned. Barely a decade later, they're coming back with a new name--nonprime--and, so far, some new standards.

DS News, Apr. 11, 2018--Radhika OjhaAppearing before the House Financial Services Committee, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Acting Director Mick Mulvaney. "The bureau is not designed to be accountable and my work there is aimed towards one end goal: to make the bureau more accountable."

National Mortgage News, Apr. 11, 2018--Bonnie Sinnock (subscription)The New York Department of Financial Services is fining Nationstar Mortgage $5 million for failing to comply with servicing and origination regulations as it grew between 2012 and 2014.

Wall Street Journal, Apr. 11, 2018--Aaron Back (subscription)Big Wall Street banks like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley won't get the relaxation of capital requirements that they hoped for under the Trump administration. That is the key takeaway from proposed changes to the annual stress test process announced by the Federal Reserve Tuesday.

National Mortgage News, Apr. 11, 2018--Victoria Finkle (subscription)Wednesday's announcement, anticipated by some for months, could heighten pressure to move a pending regulatory relief bill as soon as possible--well ahead of the November elections that will determine which party leads the chamber next term.

Mortgage Daily, Apr. 11, 2018Winning bidders have been announced in the auction of nearly $2 billion in reperforming government-sponsored enterprise residential loans.

National Mortgage News, Apr. 10, 2018--Brad Finkelstein (subscription)The future secondary mortgage market entities will receive high investment grade ratings, even as there is no clarity on their scope or form, Fitch Ratings said.

Mortgage Daily, Apr. 10, 2018Bids are being accepted on an offering of MSRs on 24,594 single-family loans with a collective unpaid principal balance of $6.148 billion.