The biggest challenge that banks, credit unions and other lenders anticipate with the CFPB’s new final rule under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act is accurate data capture, according to a new survey from Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. “Overall, concerns about the new HMDA data-collection rules generated a 67 percent rating by respondents, reflecting a degree of impact ranking of a ‘7’ or higher on a 10-point scale,” WKFS said. “When asked to rank specific HMDA challenges, 64 percent of respondents cited the task of accurately capturing the new data fields as either their first or second biggest obstacle in complying with the new rules.” System upgrades, increased staffing and other costs also are driving industry anxiety, the survey found. Upgrading ...
Most of the participants in the housing finance industry think they are being hobbled by over-regulation, and the chief culprit is the CFPB, according to a new survey from The Collingwood Group, a consultancy in Washington, DC. Among the mortgage industry professionals surveyed, 72 percent named regulation as the top issue that is negatively affecting their origination volume. “CFPB regulation, in particular, was the most common cited source of negative influence,” Collingwood said. “Survey respondents complained that while the CFPB is generating new regulations that are designed to protect the consumer, the costs to comply with new rules result in higher rates and fees for borrowers,” according to the survey. “In many cases, well-intended regulations end up being more harmful ...
CFPB Retracts Cordray’s Claim About Most Jumbo Mortgages Being Non-QMs. Questions from Inside Nonconforming Markets, an affiliated newsletter, compelled the CFPB to concede that Director Richard Cordray misspoke during a speech at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s recent annual convention in San Diego. In asserting that the CFPB’s ability-to-repay rule hasn’t caused a significant reduction in mortgage originations, Cordray referenced jumbo loans, “most of which are non-QM loans,” he said. “While comprehensive data on the non-QM share of jumbo mortgages are not available, a number of data sources suggest that most jumbos are in fact QMs, not non-QMs,” Inside Nonconforming Markets went on to note. Three of the five largest jumbo lenders told the newsletter most of their jumbos are QMs, ...
Agency multifamily MBS issuance dropped more steeply, by 19.7 percent, but that was from the record $30.91 billion issued during the second quarter of this year.
It makes sense that Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac g-fees should be used to pay for highway repairs. After all, people drive on highways to reach their homes which were bought with mortgages likely guaranteed by the two.
While a number of jumbo lenders reduced their reliance on mortgage brokers in the years after the financial crisis, Primary Capital Mortgage has sourced a large share of its production from brokers. And the lender has earned strong assessments from rating services in the process. Moody’s Investors Service said 71 percent of the jumbo mortgages PCM originated between the second quarter of 2014 and the first quarter of 2015 were through brokers. The lender originated $114 million in jumbos in that span. The majority of PCM’s originations are agency mortgages. The rating service said...
Citadel Loan Servicing, Irvine, CA, one of the most active nonprime residential lenders in the market, is on track to fund a company-record $400 million worth of mortgages this year, more than double what it produced last year. In a brief interview with Inside Nonconforming Markets this week, company founder and CEO Dan Perl said his goal for next year is $1 billion – all in loans that do not meet the qualified-mortgage standard. If the privately held Citadel – Perl is the chief shareholder – can hit...
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