 | Ken Markison
Senior Director and Regulatory Counsel
Mortgage Bankers Association
| Ken Markison is Senior Director and Regulatory Counsel at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). He works on a wide range of mortgage lending issues including matters under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), laws relating to fair and anti-predatory lending as well as laws governing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Markison joined MBA in July 2004 following a 33-year year career in the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. At the time of his retirement, he was serving as HUD's Assistant General Counsel for Government Sponsored Enterprises/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and was a key figure in HUD's regulatory activities in those areas.
Markison was one of the principal architects of HUD's 2002 proposed RESPA Reform Rule and HUD's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac regulations. Earlier, he was instrumental in developing the HUD-Federal Reserve Report on Reform of the Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA) and RESPA as well as the HUD-Treasury Report on Curbing Predatory Lending. He also represented HUD on the staff of the Oversight Board for the Resolution Trust Corp.
Markison received his bachelor's and law degrees with honors from The George Washington University. He is a frequent speaker on a range of mortgage lending issues.
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