India and the Philippines “are subject to relatively higher degrees of political and social instability and may lack the infrastructure to withstand political unrest or natural disasters,” Nationstar said.
The CFPB’s impact on the mortgage-backed security market remained a touchy subject at the SFIG Vegas conference last week. MBS investors are encouraged that the bureau is more willing to listen to industry participants, but they have concerns about assignee liability and grim predictions about increased regulation by the states. For a time after the CFPB implemented the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule, sales of non-agency mortgages were difficult to complete. TRID includes assignee liability ...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed a motion last week to advance bipartisan legislation that would relieve banks, especially smaller ones, from a handful of CFPB regulations. The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, or S. 2155, was passed by the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in December 2017. The vote on the motion to proceed will be on Tuesday, March 6. The act, introduced by Sen. Mike Crapo, R-ID, would roll back a number of ...