News & Analysis as of August 17, 2025

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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan. A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +

HUD reverses course and eliminates eligibility of Non-Permanent U.S. Residents for FHA Loans

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/1/2025

In the waning hours of the first Trump Administration the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that effective January 19, 2021 individuals who are classified under the “Deferred Action for...more

FHA seeks comments on the proposed establishment of the optional reimbursement claim alternative mortgagee letter

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/13/2025

Recently, FHA’s Office of Single Family Housing included on its “Drafting Table” a request for stakeholder feedback on both a draft Mortgagee Letter establishing the Optional Reimbursement Claim Alternative Option (“ORCA”)...more

CFPB’s Chopra: government must tackle spiraling refinance, homeowners’ insurance costs

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/25/2024

As interest rates drop, the CFPB is exploring ways to streamline mortgage rules to make the refinancing process easier and closing costs less expensive, Director Rohit Chopra said at a housing conference sponsored by the...more

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - July 2024 # 4

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/26/2024

To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

HUD Suspends Filing of New Foreclosures and Proceeding with Current Foreclosures in Nationwide Response to Coronavirus

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/20/2020

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developers (HUD)-approved lenders take note – the filing of new foreclosures and proceeding with current foreclosures has been suspended by HUD for the next sixty (60) days, beginning...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/27/2017

Financial Industry Developments - Federal Reserve Board Announces Finalized Rule Adjusting the Board's Maximum Civil Money Penalties - On January 18, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board announced that it was adjusting...more

Securities Fraud Update: Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Section 17(a) and Rule 10b-5 Analyses

Carlton Fields on 7/14/2016

S.E.C. v. Radius Capital Corp., No. 15-12004, 2016 WL 3542235, ___ F. App’x ___ (11th Cir. June 29, 2016). The Eleventh Circuit last month explained the material similarities and differences between two kinds of...more

Wells Fargo Pays $1.2 Billion Settlement, Admits Deception in Certifications

Bilzin Sumberg on 4/13/2016

Calling the settlement a reproach for “years of reckless underwriting” at Wells Fargo, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan announced on April 8th that Wells Fargo & Co. formally reached a record $1.2 billion settlement...more

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