Vendor Resource Management, which the VA hired in June to service its nationwide mortgage portfolio and real estate-owned assets, has subcontracted a significant portion of the servicing to BSI Financial Services. According to VRM, BSI took over the servicing of the VA’s national portfolio beginning Dec. 1, 2017. VRM retained the REO servicing. VRM was first awarded the servicing contract in 2012, and the company initially subcontracted Ditech Financial to service VA’s larger national portfolio. The contract was later amended to facilitate a pilot whereby a portion of VA properties would be managed under the award. A new 10-year contract was awarded subsequently to VRM, which became effective on July 1, 2017. Based in Irving, TX, BSI Financial is a loan subservicer and a provider of technology and outsourcing services to banks and institutional investors in the ...
Attorney Alan Kaplinsky said the new filing “may be an indicator of the enforcement philosophy of Mick Mulvaney… and how that philosophy may impact future CFPB enforcement activity.”
Acting Ginnie Mae President Michael Bright also issued a warning that expulsion from the program for “lenders who produce pools with inexplicably fast prepayment speeds” was a distinct possibility.
It's only a matter of time before the White House officially nominates acting Ginnie Mae president Michael Bright to be the permanent head of the agency...
2017 has been the strongest purchase-mortgage market in years and momentum didn’t slow much in the third quarter, but the first-time buyer surge may be weakening.
Under new management, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week took action that may be a harbinger of a more laissez-faire approach to regulatory enforcement.
For the most part, the sale of bulk mortgage servicing rights has been sluggish during the fourth quarter, but dealmakers are anticipating the torpor may soon end.
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