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The Securities and Exchange Commission is shifting its focus toward greater transparency amid the rapid and significant technological innovations going on in our financial markets, while maintaining and instilling greater accountability.

The mortgage industry has been monitoring the huge decline in oil prices closely to see if it will have a negative effect on housing, but the truth is, there are both good and bad outcomes to this new crisis.

When CFPB Director Richard Cordray likened TRID concerns to the Y2K fuss, he missed the fact that the long-term impact of the rule is not yet a foregone conclusion. Editor's note: This select print feature appears in the February 2016 edition of MReport magazine.

Just one day after FHFA Director Mel Watt stated during an address in Washington, D.C. that risks facing the Agency (namely the GSEs’ declining capital buffer) are “certain to escalate” the longer the conservatorships of the GSEs continue, Fannie Mae reported an annual net income of $11.0 billion for 2015—a decline of 23 percent from the previous year’s net income of $14.2 billion.

Ten-X (formerly Auction.com), an online marketplace for real estate, recently announced that it has formed a partnership with Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute.

DocMagic, Inc., a provider of fully-compliant loan document preparation, compliance, eSign, and eDelivery solutions, recently announced the development of a set of new reps and warrants for its calculations, documents, and data.

Zillow says there is a direct link to immigration and construction labor costs. See how this correlation will affect home builders.

The competition is on. First-time homebuyers in need of financing methods are losing out on homes that are being swiped from them by cash investors.

Slower growth in the housing market, including modest home price increases and falling interest rates, are diminishing the affordability issue it the U.S.

The ability of the GSEs to remain profitable has been questioned by lawmakers and other stakeholders, but Freddie Mac answered the question Thursday with its fourth quarter and full-year earnings—at least for now.