Through September $2.1 billion in originations by First Republic were included in jumbo MBS this year. The loans accounted for 17 percent of all non-agency jumbos securitized, according to exclusive figures compiled by Inside Nonconforming Markets.
Meanwhile, sources told Inside Mortgage Finance that the FHFA is looking to extract several billion dollars from Bank of America to settle claims that its Countrywide Financial division sold the GSEs toxic MBS.
According to one servicing advisor, large banks – including Wells Fargo – have been quietly selling excess servicing rights through private securitizations.
One mortgage recruiter noted that job losses in somewhat rural communities can be a big problem for workers. “Sometimes they’re the largest employer in town and there’s nowhere else to go,” he said.
Previously, speculation has ranged from January 1 to June 30. Mortgage bankers told Inside Mortgage Finance that whatever the FHFA decides on an implementation date, it had better do so soon.
The CFPB issued a bulletin and interim final rule last week on three issues related to its mortgage servicing rules, one of which involves home-retention efforts after a borrower dies. According to new CFPB Bulletin 2013-12, starting Jan. 10, 2014, a servicer must have policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that, upon notification of the death of a borrower, the servicer promptly identifies and facilitates communication with a successor in interest of the deceased borrower with respect to the property that secures...
The CFPB last week ordered Mortgage Master Inc. and Washington Federal to pay $425,000 and $34,000, respectively, in civil penalties for allegedly violating the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, which requires certain mortgage lenders to accurately collect and report data about residential mortgages. In its HMDA reviews conducted at the two companies, the bureau said it found their compliance systems were inadequate and that they had severely compromised mortgage lending data. The CFPB said Mortgage Master had significant data...
The CFPB has decided to end its controversial policy of sending enforcement attorneys to routine examinations of supervised financial institutions, effective Nov. 1, 2013. According to CFPB Deputy Director Steven Antonakes, the bureau has been sending enforcement attorneys to on-site exams for a couple years and has changed its practice after assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the operation. “From the beginning, we intentionally grouped our supervision, enforcement and fair lending offices together because...
The CFPB is putting into place a prioritization framework, apportioning examination, investigation and fair lending resources across product types, and it may well prove to be particularly significant for nonbank entities. “A specific charge of the bureau is to attempt to level the playing field between banks and nonbank entities relative to compliance with federal consumer financial laws,” said CFPB Deputy Director Steven Antonakes in a speech before the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s Advisory Committee on Economic...
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