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.
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.
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.
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.
Banks servicing delinquent mortgages in 2009-2010 allegedly delayed foreclosure starts in the districts of then-members of the House Financial Services Committee in order to influence legislative action on the Dodd-Frank Act, according to a working paper published by the Ohio State University.
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