With prospects for the Build Back Better Act doomed, Senate leadership has proposed a new version of the budget reconciliation legislation under the moniker the Inflation Reduction Act.
The proposed consent order with the Pennsylvania-based mortgage lender, if entered by the court, would be the CFPB’s first redlining resolution with a nonbank.
Though two prominent nonbank lenders shuttered recently as the refi business slows, there are currently few concerns about the potential for widespread failures of nonbanks.
The federal government should move forbearance to the front of the loss-mitigation waterfall, researchers at the Urban Institute proposed. A similar policy during the pandemic did more good than harm, they found.
Fee-for-service partnerships between mortgage lenders and housing counseling agencies could bring scale to the pre-purchase counseling services HCAs offer, according to industry experts.