-  Issuers approved for the program will receive written authority to use "digital collateral" for a limited number of securitizations. July 20
-  The court struck down a 2015 update to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which permitted robocalls to cellphones for government-related debt collection. July 6
-  The language most frequently spoken by LEP consumers is Spanish, followed by Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Tagalog. The Federal Housing Finance Agency's online clearinghouse translates CARES Act forbearance information into these languages. June 17
-  The other parts of the Day 1 Certainty program regarding income and asset verifications remain in effect. May 6
-  Not so long after Treasury bond yields experienced an unprecedented drop, the average 30-year mortgage rate rose, reflecting volatility related to the coronavirus as well as capacity issues on multiple levels. March 12
-  Terry Wakefield, a technology consultant who helped launch Fannie Mae's mortgage-backed securities business and form Prudential Home Mortgage, has died. He was 70. March 11
-  In a recent interview, Plaza Home Mortgage CEO Kevin Parra discussed why he likes certain underutilized loan products, thinks online lending will be limited, and is bullish on third-party originations. December 2
-  Ginnie Mae is looking for input on its proposed guidelines for electronic promissory notes and other mortgage documents that it plans to test through a digital collateral pilot. October 28
-  Freddie Mac is postponing the date it will make using its Servicing Gateway platform mandatory, and adding new requirements related to chargeoffs and interactions with document custodians. October 11
-  The end of the qualified mortgage patch should further accelerate non-QM origination growth, but is the mortgage industry ready? October 8









