Banks & Mortgage Servicers Blogs

CFPB Bulletin 2013-01: What’s Coming for Mortgage Servicing Transfers

By Atlas Law Center / February 19, 2013

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues bulletins for many purposes, one of which is to notify the industries that it […]

By Atlas Law Center / January 21, 2013

On January 10, 2014, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released new rules that will regulate how banks issue mortgages. These

By Atlas Law Center / January 18, 2013

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released new mortgage servicing rules that go into effect in 2014. These rules are

Denver, CO attorney, John E. Campbell, has produced a video explaining the mortgage crisis. It is just under one hour

It looks like short sales and principal reductions will continue to work as intended, at least for one more year.

By Atlas Law Center / November 28, 2012

In 2007, President G.W. Bush signed the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act into law. The Act exempts forgiven mortgage debt

By Atlas Law Center / November 20, 2012

The FTC and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have announced that they are beginning a broad series of investigations into

By Atlas Law Center / October 15, 2012

On October 2, 2012, the National Mortgage Settlement’s servicing regulations went into effect. One of the provisions that people often

By Atlas Law Center / October 10, 2012

As of October 2, the servicing standards included in the National Mortgage Settlement went into effect. This means that the

By Atlas Law Center / September 27, 2012

A study recently conducted by economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Columbia Business School, the University of Chicago,