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The FDIC issued a Financial Institutions Letter cautioning insured depository institutions about passing deposit insurance assessment fees on to depositors, labeled as "FDIC fees," "FDIC Insurance Premium" or some other similarly-described fee.

The FHA directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to develop "enhanced and aligned" strategies for facilitating short sales, deeds-in-lieu, and deeds-for-lease in order to help homeowners avoid foreclosure.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced proposed guarantee fee pricing adjustments in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey and New York for mortgages owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

The Office of the Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency released a report evaluating the FHFA's and Freddie Mac's loan repurchase program since the initial report was issued in September 2011.

FinCEN announced the release of a study identifying thousands of instances wherefinancial institutions, particularly banks and money services businesses, filed suspiciousactivity reports involving real estate title and escrow companies.

In prepared remarks for a conference on distressed residential real estate, Elizabeth A. Duke, of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, noted that housing market conditions are improving, and reiterated the FRB’s belief that solving the lingering problem of long-term vacancies will require "a full spectrum of policy actions."

The FRB issued monetary sanctions against a bank-holding company for its failure to adequately oversee its subsidiary bank’s mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing operations.

The FRB announced the release of examination procedures for abandoned foreclosures, which are foreclosure proceedings that are not completed after they have been initiated.

The FTC issued an advisory opinion affirming its interpretation of the holder in due course rule.

The FTC submitted a comment in response to the CFPB’s notice of proposed rulemaking requesting comments to its proposal to combine certain disclosures consumers receive in connection with applying for and closing on a home mortgage loan under TILA and RESPA (see July 10, 2012 Alert).

The FTC announced it has entered into a stipulated final judgment and order with a consumer reporting agency.

The FTC announced the agenda for its upcoming Robocall Summit, which will focus on robocalling technology and solutions for solving the problem of illegal robocalls.

The FTC issued warning letters to the operators of six websites that provide landlords with tenant rental history reports.

The House Committee on Small Business has released CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s responses to questions raised by the Committee on the potential costs posed to the mortgage lending industry for compliance with forthcoming regulations aimed at simplifying the cost disclosure process.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously passed House Bill 4087, "An Act to Prevent Unlawful and Unnecessary Foreclosures."

The OCC issued supervisory guidance on the risk management and reporting requirements for rental properties

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a lower court opinion holding that a bill collector violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

The Sixth Circuit held that the borrowers’ presentation of a copy of the closing package, which did not contain the required number of Notices of the Right to Cancel, along with affidavits swearing "that everything they received in the copy package they submitted into evidence," was insufficient to overcome the presumption of receipt when the lender produced a signed copy of the disclosure.