One proposed rule change to the TRID could help the secondary mortgage market; that is, the creation of tolerances for the total of payments. As the proposal noted, the Truth in Lending Act establishes certain tolerances for accuracy in calculating the finance charge and disclosures affected by the finance charge. However, “In light of changes to certain underlying regulatory definitions, the bureau believes it would be helpful to establish tolerances for the total of payments to parallel the existing provisions regarding the finance charge,” the CFPB said. Under the proposed rule, the same tolerances that now apply for the finance charge would also apply to the total of payments. The bureau said it is concerned that, absent the explicit application ...
Another noteworthy part of the CFPB’s TRID 2.0 proposal would extend the applicability of a partial exemption that mainly affects housing finance agencies (HFAs) and nonprofits. The existing rule provides a partial exemption for certain non-interest bearing subordinate-lien transactions that provide downpayment and other homeowner assistance (housing assistance loans). The CFPB said it has learned that the exemption may not be operating as intended. “The bureau has received information that many HFAs are having difficulty finding lenders to partner with in making these loans,” the proposed rule stated. Following the introduction of the TILA/RESPA integrated disclosures, some vendors and loan originator systems no longer support the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act disclosures. “Although the RESPA disclosures are still required for ...
The CFPB’s proposed changes to its TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule also would eliminate a degree of uncertainty by applying the rule’s existing disclosure requirements to cooperative units. Under the current rule, coverage of cooperative units depends on whether cooperatives are classified as real property under state law. Because state law sometimes treats cooperatives differently for different purposes, there may be uncertainty and inconsistency among market actors.As a result, the CFPB is proposing to require the provision of the integrated disclosures in transactions involving cooperative units, whether or not such units are classified under state law as real property. This would apply to closed-end credit transactions, other than reverse mortgages. “In at least some states, ownership of a share in ...
Mortgage Industry Waits for PHH Shoe to Drop. The mortgage industry is awaiting a final ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the case of PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, No. 15-cv-01177.
The senior tranche of the MBS will include credit enhancement of 6.40 percent, similar to the credit enhancement levels of previous deals from Two Harbors.
There’s more than $50.0 billion in capital ready to acquire new nonprime home loans, including non-qualified mortgages, according to Dan Perl, chairman and CEO of Citadel Servicing, a nonprime lender. “Liquidity is abundant,” he said last week at the California Mortgage Bankers Association’s Western Secondary Market Conference in San Francisco. “There is a ready market for this and I couldn’t say that two years ago.” William Pendleton, a senior vice president of portfolio lending at Caliber Home Loans, said...
One of the largest players in the "new" nonprime mortgage industry is Citadel Loan Servicing, Irvine, CA, which now has a portfolio totaling $600 million.
Panorama Point Partners this summer participated in what it calls a “significant” capital raise for Alterra Home Loans, a Las Vegas-based nonbank started by Hispanic-Americans that’s been on a production tear the past four years, growing originations by upwards of 250 percent every 12 months. If all goes well, AHL hopes to fund $1.3 billion of residential mortgages in 2016, 70 percent of it to minorities, a large chunk of them Hispanics. In short, Alterra sees gold in ...
The dramatic expansion of the credit box for loans sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the first quarter of this year held steady in the second quarter, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of mortgage-backed securities data. In the first quarter, the share of purchase loans sold to the government-sponsored enterprises with credit scores ranging from 620 to 699 jumped by nearly 7 percentage points to 21.4 percent. The low-score share ... [Includes one data chart]
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