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Regulation in the Works for Alternative Data Use

July 29, 2019
Yemeng Yang
Lawmakers are seeking ways to better understand and regulate the use of alternative data in underwriting. Asking for express consumer consent and creating sandboxes are considered.
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Short Takes: Don Layton’s Opinion / Lazy GSE Competitors? / An Anxious Board of Directors / Some Sweetheart G-Fee Deals (Angelo Mozilo’s Countrywide)

July 22, 2019
Paul Muolo

Where Fannie and Freddie 'lazy' competitors during the preconservatorship years? Opinions may differ, to say the least...


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Algorithms Come Under Fair Lending Scrutiny

July 15, 2019
Yemeng Yang
The bureau is monitoring lending models and algorithms to prevent discrimination and boost access to credit.
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Ryan’s Departure Creates a Vacuum at FHFA

July 12, 2019
Dennis Hollier
As a key Obama-era policy maker at FHFA departs, some industry insiders worry the new administration will upset years of reform.
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Democratic Candidates Stake Out Housing Turf

July 11, 2019
Dennis Hollier
Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Julian Castro and Cory Booker — Democrats jockeying to be the 2020 presidential candidate — lay out comprehensive plans to reform the nation’s affordable-housing system.
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New York Braces for Tougher Laws on Reverse Lenders

July 8, 2019
George Brooks

Once effective, the requirements of the HECM law are significant, according to Allison Schoenthal, an attorney and partner in the New York office of Hogan Lovells...


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CFPB Constitutionality Challenge May Reach SCOTUS

July 1, 2019
Yemeng Yang
Seila Law has now asked the Supreme Court to decide whether the CFPB’s structure is constitutional. The law firm lost before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on the same issue.
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What We’re Hearing: Sharpen Your Pencils: Here Come the Servicing ‘Marks’ / The Layton ‘Era’ Ends at Freddie / To Be Heard From Again (Bet on It) / Ben Carson’s New (Side) Job / Quicken’s ‘Pinnacle’ Club

June 28, 2019
Paul Muolo

As we’ve noted before, Calabria is building a dream team of industry vets and policy experts, whose chief task likely will entail working with the Treasury Department on administrative reform…


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Large Banks Underperform vs. IMBs in Retail Space

June 28, 2019
George Brooks
Low revenues, high expenses and trend lines moving in the wrong direction are causing large bank-owned mortgage companies to underperform compared to independent mortgage banks in the retail space, according to a report by Stratmor Group.
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Mortgage Grapevine: Mortgage M&A Heats Up; Fannie Offers Employee Buyouts…

June 27, 2019
George Brooks and Paul Muolo

Mortgage Grapevine: Rushmore is buying another origination platform, a sign that mortgage M&A could be on the rise again. Meanwhile, Fannie Mae is offering buyout packages to a select group of employees.


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