After Freddie Mac makes its next dividend payment in March to the U.S. Treasury, the GSE will have returned $91.8 billion to the government versus financial assistance draws of $72.3 billion.
Warehouse commitments written by commercial banks reached approximately $33 billion at yearend, according to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance – one of the healthiest readings in several quarters and a sign that all is well in the originations market. The only thing bothering most warehouse managers is how long the good times can last. “There is...[Includes one data chart]
In another example of tag-team enforcement, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last week moved against three small, nonbank mortgage companies over their allegedly deceptive advertising practices that implied some status as an agents of the U.S. government, or that they had the approval or endorsement of the government. The crackdown stemmed from a joint sweep with the Federal Trade Commission of about 800 randomly selected ads across the U.S., and as a result of consumer complaints filed with both agencies. In one of the cases, the CFPB filed...
A letter addressed to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regarding a “definitional error” in the drafting of the qualified mortgage provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act that was supposedly penned by Sen. Tim Johnson, D-SD, has turned out to be a fake. According to an email from Drey Samuelson, who served as the former senator’s chief of staff until his recent retirement, “the letter in question was not authorized nor sent by Sen. Johnson, and he has communicated that fact to director [Richard] Cordray.” A CFPB staffer confirmed...
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