Capital Proposed Rule Comment Period Extended to November. The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced this week that it is extending the public comment period for the agency's proposed rule on Enterprise Capital Requirements by an additional 60 days. The previous deadline for comments was Sept. 17, 2018. The new deadline will be Nov. 16, 2018. FHFA extended the public comment period “due to the high level of interest in the proposed rule and requests from multiple stakeholders for more time to evaluate it.” GSE shareholders group Investors Unite, said, “However complex capital standards are, professionals who dwell in this policy area every day should be able to offer their views within a three-month window.”
The Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs is considering legislation that would raise the fee paid by veterans, servicemembers and reservists for having a VA guarantee on a mortgage loan. Proposed adjustments to the VA home loan fee is in H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017, which the House of Representatives approved on June 25. The bill primarily extends the presumption of service-related disability due to exposure to herbicides ...
The Mortgage Bankers Association recently asked the federal banking agencies to provide an update on a proposal to increase the amount of mortgage servicing assets that a bank may count to-wards Tier 1 capital. In a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Federal Reserve, the MBA reiterated its support for the agencies’ proposal to raise a recommended 25 percent cap on the amount of mortgage servicing assets that may be ...