Under a “mini-corr” arrangement, a warehouse lender provides a line of credit to a loan broker, transforming that broker into an actual funder instead of just a loan facilitator.
When it comes to individual lenders, most of the top 50 targets of consumer gripes generally either stay in the same ranking or move up or down one or two levels.
Banks were the top nine jumbo lenders, led by Wells Fargo with $41.49 billion in originations, accounting for a healthy 15.8 percent of all jumbo lending.
Specialty servicer Wingspan is expected to issue a press release this week, providing some clarity about a change of control at the company and the future of its founder...
Given the wide gap between the initially unacceptable findings and the subsequent “refresh” results, some lenders may ask the FHA to discontinue its disclosure of initially unacceptable findings.
However, the CFPB official said the no-action letters would not give a requesting entity an exemption from complying with any statutory or regulatory rules.
The good news is the CFPB is proposing updates to its integrated disclosure final rule under the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. The bad news is the CFPB is proposing updates to its integrated disclosure final rule under the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. The final rule – commonly known as the “TRID” – has been high on the mortgage lending industry’s list of concerns ever since it came out nearly a year ago. And with every rule issued, there are calls from one segment of the industry or another for various additions, deletions or modifications. As happy as industry representatives are when the CFPB makes such a concession, they ...
Marketing services agreements (MSAs) continue to be a flashpoint for conflict between title companies and the CFPB under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. Late last month, the bureau ordered Lighthouse Title, a Michigan title insurance agency, to pay $200,000 for entering into what the CFPB characterized as illegal quid pro quo referral agreements, in violation of RESPA. According to the bureau, Lighthouse Title entered into MSAs with various companies, such as real estate brokers, with the understanding that the companies would refer mortgage closing and title insurance business to Lighthouse. “The agreements made it appear as if the payments would be based on marketing services the companies were supposed to provide to Lighthouse,” the CFPB said. “However, Lighthouse actually ...
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