The CFPB’s integrated disclosure rule under the Truth in Lending Act and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act – dubbed TRID – is a “once in a generation transformational event for the industry,” according to Franklin Codel, executive vice president of Wells Fargo Mortgage. Even with the recently extended effective date of Oct. 3, 2015, TRID was still at the forefront of topics at a real estate conference in Miami in late June. The pending rule prompted a discussion by panelists who emphasized the magnitude of the upcoming changes. Codel said he thinks the industry is prepared but said it’s going to require strong cooperation among lenders, real estate professionals, settlement agents and consumers to get this right. “Many of the things that ...

The mortgage lending industry, fresh off a successful appeal to the CFPB for an extension of the effective date of the pending integrated disclosure rule, has secured the introduction of another piece of legislation in the U.S. Congress that would provide lenders a “hold harmless” enforcement period under the new rule. S. 1711, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Sens. Tim Scott, R-SC, Joe Donnelly, D-IN, and others, would provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of the rule, from the effective date through Dec. 31, 2015, providing lenders are making good-faith efforts to comply with the rule. The measure is identical to H.R. 2213 introduced in May by Reps. Steve Pearce, R-NM, and Brad Sherman, D-CA. “This bill ...

Mortgage lenders told the CFPB they support the bureau’s recent proposal to extend the effective date of its integrated disclosure rule to Oct. 3, but urged the agency to do yet more to help the industry cope. The Mortgage Bankers Association, for example, in its comment letter said the so-called TRID rule –promulgated under the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act – when finally implemented “will make the mortgage process considerably more understandable and navigable for consumers, an objective we have long shared.” However, “experience has shown that the TRID rule is far more complicated and wide ranging than any other rule previously issued by the CFPB,” the trade group added. “It is causing significant implementation ...

Housing markets in North Dakota and Texas are looking a bit risky these days, according to the Arch MI Risk Index model.

Over the past seven months, Freedom Mortgage has added 700 to 800 new employees to promote and originate VA and FHA loans.

Perry Capital and other speculators own the junior preferred and common shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

MIAC also sells mortgage servicing portfolios, though that’s considered to be a small part of their business.

The recent departures at Nationstar began in May when the company revealed that Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer David Hisey would leave the lender/servicer in mid-June.

Credit Suisse, the top jumbo MBS issuer through the first half of 2015, placed $629.6 million of jumbo MBS in 2Q, down 44.7 percent on a sequential basis.

Overview Conference Call for Mortgagees, Servicers and Other Interested Parties. The FHA will host an industry briefing session on July 16, 2015, 2 p.m.-3 p.m., to provide an overview of the Servicing and Loss Mitigation Section of the Single-Family Policy Handbook, as outlined in the Highlights of Changes and Clarifications document. The conference call’s dial-in number is (800) 700-7784. The participant access code is 364218. USDA Performs System Maintenance. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s mortgage guaranty system will not be functioning at full capacity from July 10-13 due to routine maintenance. Maintenance work is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m., July 10, CDT. The Guaranteed Underwriting System will be operating at a reduced level. Lenders will not be able to make final submissions or upload documents for the entire work period. In addition, the ...