Although much of the oxygen in the room is being taken up these days with concerns about the CFPB’s integrated disclosure rule, industry participants need to mind their Ps and Qs when it comes to the bureau’s loan originator compensation rule. During a recent webinar sponsored by Inside Mortgage Finance, an affiliated publication, top legal experts discussed how the industry can navigate a safe passage, compliance-wise. “We know that they’re going to really be looking at loan originator compensation plans this year,” said Kristie Kully, a partner with the Mayer Brown law firm in Washington, DC. “We know that they expect to find some problems in the LO comp area, and often when they expect to find them, they will ...
Mortgage banking industry representatives told the CFPB it should not be in a rush to make any changes to its resubmission guidelines for data that will be submitted under the bureau’s new Home Mortgage Disclosure Act rule. Because of continuing problems in implementing the integrated disclosure rule, “companies have not yet had available sufficient resources to begin HMDA implementation in earnest,” the Mortgage Bankers Association told the bureau in a recent comment letter. “Also, considering the unprecedented expansion of data elements required under the new HMDA rule, it can be anticipated that when implementation begins, there will be a far better understanding of myriad issues including appropriate resubmission guidelines.” Consequently, MBA said that while some changes may now be warranted, ...
Congress should consider whether additional changes to the federal financial regulatory structure are needed to reduce or better manage fragmentation and overlap in the oversight of financial institutions and activities to improve the consistency of consumer protections, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. “For example, Congress could consider ... transferring the remaining prudential regulators’ consumer protection authorities over large depository institutions to the CFPB ... among other considerations,” the report stated. One of the concerns GAO raised is that a federal financial regulatory system with multiple regulators can result in inefficient and inconsistent safety and soundness and consumer protection oversight, with negative consequences for industry players. “While Congress addressed some of our concerns through consolidating rulemaking ...
Overall consumer complaints to the CFPB reached their lowest level in at least a year and a half, according to a new analysis and ranking by Inside the CFPB. Total gripes to the bureau slid 5.0 percent in the first quarter and were off 3.0 percent on an annual basis, data from the CFPB consumer complaint database show. Kvetching about residential mortgages was down slightly more, falling 6.7 percent and 4.1 percent, respectively, for those two time periods. In fact, mortgage-related belly-aching hasn’t been this low since the fourth quarter of 2013. The most dramatic change was seen in the prepaid card space, where criticisms plunged 73.3 percent in 1Q16. ... [with exclusive data chart] ...
U.S. Military Personnel Continue to Report Problems With Their Mortgages. Complaints to the CFPB from American military personnel about their mortgages rose 10 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to a recent report from the bureau. The good news for mortgage lenders is that total complaints about their operations – roughly 9,900 – were less than half of the total generated by debt collection practices, which came to about 20,500. ... FHFA Wants Public Input on National Mortgage Borrower Survey. The Federal Housing Finance Agency is seeking public comments about the American Survey of Mortgage Borrowers, an information collection effort otherwise known as the National Survey of Existing Mortgage Borrowers. ...
The last couple of application reports from the Mortgage Bankers Association have been tepid, but anecdotal evidence suggests that the first quarter – which closed on Thursday – was much better than what many executives were expecting back in early January. Moreover, many mortgage officials interviewed by Inside Mortgage Trends believe that if it weren’t for concerns about the integrated disclosure rule known as TRID, origination volumes would have been ...
Mortgage servicing activities generated stronger profits during the fourth quarter, helping to offset a drop in production-related income, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of corporate earnings releases from a group of 13 major lenders. As a group, the 13 lenders reported $612.9 million in mortgage servicing income for the fourth quarter, up 94.5 percent from the previous three-month period. However, three shops reported losses during ... [Includes one data chart]
United Guaranty, the largest private mortgage insurer in the nation, filed to go public this week, touting its market position, longevity and the strong profits it posted over the past two years. Then again, it’s been a tough market for mortgage-related stocks this year. Overall, United Guaranty hopes to raise $100 million by selling 19.9 percent of the firm, with its parent company, American International Group, retaining the balance while setting the stage for eventual ...
An estimated 96 million adults in the U.S. are renters who have never had a mortgage, many of whom would seem to be prime targets for first-time homeownership. However, more than half of the renter population is unlikely to receive mortgage financing anytime soon, due to underwriting factors or a preference to remain a renter, according to industry analysts. In a new report, researchers at the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center developed ...
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