On the three-year anniversary of the adoption of the CFPB’s final loan originator compensation rule, the Community Home Lenders Association wrote the bureau, renewing its call for “ending the exemption bank loan originators enjoy from passing a mortgage competency test.” The Jan. 20, 2013, LO comp rule implemented Section 1402(b)(1)(A) of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires that all mortgage loan originators be “qualified.” In the final rule, the CFPB elected not to impose a Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act (SAFE Act) test requirement on bank loan originators or impose other related SAFE Act requirements that are imposed on non-bank LOs. Subsequently, the CHLA has called for higher bank loan originator qualifications standards, including a mandatory universal requirement ...
Here are the Top 10 TRID Deficiencies, According to One Lender. The folks at Stearns Correspondent Lending recently published a list of the top 10 compliance deficiencies associated with the CFPB’s integrated disclosure rule, as follows: 1.The Closing Disclosure was not provided to the borrower within three business days of the closing date. 2. Various unspecified issues with the Loan Estimate.3. The Loan Estimate was not disclosed to the borrower within three business days of the application date. 4. Borrower(s) did not receive the Loan Estimate within four business days of the closing date. 5. The lender failed to provide a valid change of circumstance for all subsequent Loan Estimates in the file. 6. The lender failed to ...
Credit Plus Offers Reps-and-Warrants Coverage to Help Lenders Cope with CFPB, OCC Expectations. Credit Plus, a Salisbury, MD-based third-party verifications specialist for mortgage professionals, has come out with representations-and warranties-insurance coverage for all of its services, responding to the CFPB’s and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s expectation that lenders are now ultimately responsible for practicing effective third-party risk management. The insurance coverage allows customers to better defend their companies against the negative financial consequences of a possible loan default and the resulting repurchase requests, the company said. “While we are confident in the quality of our verification services, we are also a strong proponent of best practices,” said Greg Holmes, national director of sales and marketing at ...
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