HomeReady will become part of DU later this year and replaces the MyCommunityMortgage product, which in some circles was known as Fannie’s “subprime” option.
However, the ground breaking MBS from Lone Star did not receive ratings and was not subject to requirements from the SEC regarding the disclosure of third-party due diligence.
Dan Perl, who runs Citadel Loan Servicing, Irvine, CA, said he woke up Monday morning and immediately cut his rates by 25 basis points across the board.
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council should institute an official transition period to provide lenders greater clarity and certainty in anticipation of the CFPB’s new TILA/RESPA integrated disclosure rule (TRID) slated to take effect Oct. 3, the American Bankers Association said in a letter to the financial regulatory group. The CFPB is one of the regulatory bodies that comprise the FFIEC. “We request that the FFIEC – on behalf of all banking regulators – formally establish a transition period and clarify how regulators will oversee and examine regulated institutions for TRID compliance during this time,” the ABA said in a recent letter to the council. “In so doing, the FFIEC would provide needed certainty to the credit markets and encourage lenders to ...
The National Association of Women in Real Estate Businesses is among the industry groups that generally support the final interagency statement on diversity policies and practices issued by the CFPB, the federal banking regulators and the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, in its comment letter to the agencies, one of the issues the group addressed was ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected under the final statement. “Detail is important; when releasing information, agencies and their regulated entities must carefully detail the ways they are promoting diversity and the success and shortcomings of each of their efforts,” the NAWREB said. “The difficulty will always be ensuring that the minority and women inclusion is ...