Contrary to other segments of the mortgage industry, a huge majority of title professionals will be ready to play ball when the CFPB’s TILA/RESPA integrated disclosure rule goes live Aug. 1, 2015, according to a survey conducted by the American Land Title Association. “Ninety-two percent of our survey respondents indicated their company will be prepared to implement the new forms and comply with the CFPB’s regulation,” said Michelle Korsmo, ALTA’s chief executive officer. “The land title insurance industry has been a leader in preparing the real estate industry for the new disclosures and that is reflected in the preparedness of our members.” However, perhaps not so surprisingly, collaboration with lenders and real estate agents, and potential closing delays top the ...
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-AL, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the text of his pending regulatory relief bill last week. Among a handful of CFPB-related provisions is one that would grant qualified mortgage status under the bureau’s ability-to-repay rule for residential loans held in portfolio. However, as per the draft Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, certain conditions would have to apply. To begin with, the lender/creditor would have to hold the loan in portfolio from its inception, or any acquirer of the loan must continue to hold it in portfolio. Additionally, the mortgage cannot have been acquired through securitization, nor can it have certain forbidden features, like negative amortization, interest-only provisions, or a loan ...
CFPB Updates Mortgage Origination Examination Procedures to Reflect TRID. The CFPB has put out an updated version of its Supervision and Examination Manual’s Mortgage Origination examination procedures. The latest iteration features guidance on how its compliance examiners will examine loan disclosures and the terms of closed-end residential mortgages that are subject to the pending integrated disclosure rule under the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. Of the manual’s eight modules, the updated TRID examination procedures are reflected in module #4. “Examiners should obtain and review a sample of complete loan files to assess the entity’s compliance,” states the new section of the manual. “If consumer complaints regarding mortgage origination and closing indicate potential violations of ...
CFPB May Review Lender-Paid MI. Pricing on lender-paid mortgage insurance policies has come down over the past several months, apparently spurring the CFPB to take a look at what’s going on behind the curtain. Citing industry officials who claim to have knowledge of the situation, Inside Mortgage Finance, an affiliated publication, reported late last week that the powerful consumer regulator may focus on whether there is some kind of quid pro quo going on between lenders and mortgage insurers. In particular, the CFPB is interested in the discounting of LPMI in exchange for a lender sending more of its MI business to an insurer and whether such a practice violates the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the newsletter reported. In ...
House GOP’s Proposed Budget Rejects IT Administrative Fee, HTF. House Republicans withheld funding for a proposed administrative fee, which the FHA planned to invest in technology to improve quality assurance and reduce paid-claims losses. The Department of Housing and Urban Development first requested authority to collect the fee in the President’s FY 2015 budget request but was turned down. It appears House Republicans are on track again to reject the proposed fee in the FY 2016 appropriations bill, said HUD Secretary Juan Castro. Castro lambasted the House Republicans’ proposed budget cuts, saying they would hinder HUD from carrying out its mission and from investing in communities that most need help. The GOP bill also rescinds funding to the proposed Housing Trust Fund, which allocates a small percentage of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac profits to ...
Ellington Financial plans to start acquiring non-qualified mortgages by early summer, according to officials at the nonbank. While Ellington has always seen value in the non-agency market, to this point the company has largely focused its non-agency investments on mortgage-backed securities and other structured-finance products. Laurence Penn, Ellington’s president and CEO, said the nonbank signed its first flow agreement for non-QMs at the end of the first quarter. “Consistent with ...
Two types of shared-appreciation transactions are being touted as beneficial to borrowers, either allowing them to buy homes at below-market prices or receive advanced payment for expected appreciation. Analysts at the Urban Institute note that nonprofit housing associations and municipalities offer shared-appreciation programs that can make homes more affordable for first-time buyers, people with bad credit or buyers who lack the necessary downpayment or income to ...
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