Step Up Acadiana Receives $12K Grant from Home Bank and FHLB Dallas

Lafayette, Louisiana, nonprofit organization Step Up Acadiana received a $ 12,000 Partnership Grant Program award from Home Bank and FHLB Dallas to expand its staff. )–Approximately 300 low- to moderate-income individuals – many of them single mothers – have been helped by the nonprofit Step Up Acadiana, which provides homeowner pre-purchase counseling and education, and […]

Servicers can’t slack on compliance as states step up oversight: S&P

While the foreclosure crisis is over and federal regulators are being less assertive on enforcement actions, mortgage servicers can't let their guard down about compliance, according to Standard & Poor's. Some of the recent positive news for the “beleaguered industry” included: acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney's statements at the Mortgage Bankers Association […]