The CFPB’s Office of Supervision Examination has capped the time an examiner can be assigned to an entity to a maximum of five years. The OSE is also set to launch a tool to track examiner assignments.
A CFPB circular warning operators of digital comparison-shopping tools against engaging in preferential treatment isn’t sitting well with industry participants.
Mortgage industry stakeholders said Freddie Mac’s pilot program to alleviate repurchase requests is a better option than Fannie Mae’s new notice of potential defect.
Lenders will now be able to use a single verification report to validate income, employment, assets, positive rent payment and cash flow history. However, the report must have at least 12 months of data.