In a well-telegraphed move, federal regulators this week proposed reduced capital requirements for bank holdings of mortgage servicing assets, including mortgage servicing rights. The proposal issued late last week was part of an effort to “simplify” servicing-related capital requirements for all but the largest banks. The proposal would eliminate a 10 percent common equity tier 1 capital deduction threshold that currently applies to MSAs and certain other assets. Instead, a 25 percent deduction ...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week rolled out a new online tool to track mortgage delinquency rates for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The mechanism also illustrates the CFPB’s findings on the county and metro-area level with interactive charts and graphs, all based on information in the National Mortgage Database. The Mortgage Performance Trends tool measures loans 30 to 89 days late and those more than 90 days late. The interactive charts and maps ...
The Department of the Treasury, in the third of four reports related to an executive review of federal financial regulations, urged the Department of Housing and Urban Development to reconsider its use of disparate impact policy in the insurance industry. Released last week, the latest report focused on asset management and insurance and the regulatory structure of financial entities and products in each of these structures. Treasury called upon HUD to reevaluate its use of the ...
One of the biggest takeaways for the mortgage industry in Republicans’ tax reform effort is that homeownership incentives provided by the mortgage interest deduction will be reduced significantly. Republican leaders have stressed that they don’t plan to eliminate the MID. But a near doubling of the standard deduction and other provisions included in tax reform will make the deduction worth much less, according to Leonard Burman, an institute fellow at the ...
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac generated a combined $7.69 billion in net income during the third quarter of 2017, up significantly from the $4.86 billion in the second quarter, according to an Inside Mortgage Finance analysis of earnings reports released this week. Freddie’s earnings were unusually high at $4.67 billion thanks to a legal settlement with the Royal Bank of Scotland over non-agency mortgage-backed securities sold by the investment firm to the government-sponsored ...
There continues to be some nervousness about VA receivables because of streamlined refinancings, although regulators are trying to curb abuses in the program.
“The other natural job would be as CFPB director,” the Cowen analyst continued. “That said, Hensarling has shown much greater interest in housing finance…”
The trade group also found that refinancings are declining as well: down to 48.7 percent of all new applications from 49.5 percent for the week ending Oct. 20.
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