The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's last-minute actions are expected to annoy the incoming Trump administration, which will seek to undo them, putting protections in jeopardy.

A year that saw businesses express growing interest in the segment ended with a more subdued outlook due to interest rate trends, according to a new report.

The meals, which were more promotional than sales-oriented, shouldn't make originators exempt from receiving overtime pay, an attorney argued.

The share of waivers submitted with purchase mortgages sold to the government-sponsored enterprises accelerated just prior to a change that will make more loans eligible.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods expects a better year for originations than either Fannie Mae or the Mortgage Bankers Association, although volume will remain below the norm.