There was plenty of activity at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over the last week, from continuing legal drama over the leadership of the agency to changes in enforcement activity and a possible regulatory roll-back.
The nation’s subservicing vendors grew their base of contracts by 6.2 percent from the second to third quarter and 20.1 percent year-over-year, according to data compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance.
The acquisition, once consummated, will put New Residential in the business of originating loans directly to consumers. It also could have CFPB implications…
The amount of home-equity debt outstanding continued its years-long slide during the third quar-ter, and many top lenders reported slowing production of new loans, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance.
In roughly 10 business days, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – which guarantee half of all mort-gage debt in the U.S. – will run out of capital unless their regulator at the Federal Housing Finance Agency does something about it.
Members of the House Financial Services Committee this week approved a bill that would sus-pend Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributions to the Housing Trust Fund if the government-sponsored enterprises don’t pay dividends to Treasury. The panel approved the bill on a partisan vote of 33 to 27.
The Supreme Court of the United States recently refused to take up a case that would have ad-dressed a split in the lower courts regarding mortgage underwriters and overtime. With conflicting cir-cuit court opinions on the matter, lenders face regulatory uncertainty about whether underwriters are entitled to overtime.
IberiaBank of Lafayette, LA, has agreed to pay $11.7 million to the federal government to resolve an alleged violation of the False Claims Act by submitting false certifications to obtain FHA in-surance on ineligible mortgages.
If lenders shift from traditional appraisals to automated valuation models, there could be an im-pact on loan-to-value ratios and loan balances for new originations, according to CoreLogic. The firm found that traditional appraisals done when a mortgage is originated are less likely than AVMs to reach a value below the contract price.
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