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The city of Los Angeles has dropped a lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase of discriminatory lending toward minority borrowers that drove up foreclosures.

Despite housing market challenges, U.S. state housing finance agencies remain financially sound as mortgage revenue bond issuance, net interest, median ratios, and other factors trend upward.

Compliance defects on closed mortgage loans are already a costly problem for lenders, but with the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rules just one month away, lenders can expect to face even more risks and costs.

Moody's Investors Service on Thursday announced the upgrading of 11 tranches from 3 transactions backed by conforming balance residential mortgage-backed securities issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac totaling about $1 billion.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently revived three lawsuits the were brought about by the City of Miami, accusing Wells Fargo & Co, Bank of America Corp., and Citigroup of discriminatory and predatory mortgage lending practices to minority borrowers.

The number of federally insured credit unions dropped in the second quarter, but the National Credit Union Administration reported Thursday that total loan growth was positive. Total loans at federally insured credit unions reached $745.2 billion in the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 3.2 percent from the previous quarter and 10.6 percent from last year.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. It’s official! The TRID rule goes into effect one month from today. Are you prepared? John Vong of ComplianceEase and Jonathan Kunkle of GuardianDocs weigh-in on the upcoming TRID implementation date and what companies can do to ensure their technology is ready.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. This article features Mark McElroy, president and CEO of Pavaso, Inc., advising lenders to be innovative in their business practices to serve today's consumers.

Mortgage originations are expected to decrease by 30 percent in 2014, due to a decline in refinance activity, according to estimates from CoreLogic.

Outstanding residential acquisition, development, and construction loan volume expanded 4.7 percent in the second quarter of 2015. The National Association of Home Builders found that AD&C loans grew for the ninth consecutive quarter, but availability of these loans remains tight, hindering home construction.