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Hensarling went on to say that Dodd-Frank exemplifies the "insidious belief" among those in Washington that the American people cannot be trusted to make financial decisions, so Washington must do it for them.

New regulations and federal oversight have servicers constantly under the gun. They must learn the rules of the road for creating effective compliance and business development strategies in today’s evolving servicing market.

Although women holding key leadership positions in the housing industry is a rarity, there are a number of female trailblazers that have established a name for themselves in a male-dominated market.

Representatives from Auction.com and Operation Homefront were on hand at the 2015 Five Star Conference in Dallas on Thursday night to assist Five Star President and CEO Ed Delgado with the donation of six mortgage-free homes to wounded veterans as part of the Military Heroes Keys for Life Event.

With regulatory oversight continuing to weigh heavier on the mortgage industry, compliance may be the only solution to avoid fines and penalties.

The housing market has made its way back from crisis times, but investors still face unexpected challenges. The key to investors' ability to capitalize on opportunities that exist is knowledge.

Mortgage lending standards continued to ease across all types of loans in the third quarter, according to Fannie Mae’s most recent Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey.

The Federal Reserve decided on Thursday to keep the federal funds target rate at zero to 1/4 percent, where it has been for nine years, at the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.

"In determining how long to maintain this target range, the Committee will assess progress—both realized and expected—toward its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation," the Fed said in a statement.

When the panel of four experts debated whether the current single-family rental market is a "bubble" or is here to stay and the question was put to them by Tim Herriage, the lab's director, three of the four experts answered that it was here to stay. That is, three out of four experts believe that investors will be able to sustain the single-family rental market enough to avoid a housing crisis like the one in 2008.