News & Analysis as of August 16, 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 +

FHFA Director Pulte Terminates Mortgage-Related Special Purpose Credit Programs for GSEs

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/28/2025

In a significant policy shift under the Trump administration, the new Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte issued an order on March 25, 2025 terminating special purpose credit programs (SPCPs) supported...more

The Future of Default Servicing

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/19/2022

As fears of a recession grow, it would be prudent for everyone—servicers and regulators alike—to think hard about default servicing improvements and reforms. More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the...more

Certain Foreclosure Moratoria Set to Lift on July 31

Perkins Coie on 7/29/2021

At the close of this month, certain moratoria on foreclosures and evictions are set to lift. While prior deadlines have been extended, it remains to be seen whether another continuance will be granted amidst an increase in...more

Transitional period and initial supervisory practice over TRID

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/23/2015

The CFPB sent industry trade groups a letter on October 1, 2015 to address the approach of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) member agencies during the initial months following the implementation...more

Commercial Mortgage Options Expanding – Borrowers to Benefit?

Dickinson Wright on 2/13/2014

Anyone working in the commercial real estate mortgage industry in the past five or six years is eager for signs of a sustained recovery. Having just returned from the Mortgage Bankers Association Commercial Real Estate...more

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