CFPB's Mulvaney: “If the CFPB loses a court case because we pushed too hard, we simply move on to the next matter. But where do those that we have charged go to get their time, their money, or their good names back?”
“Both sides have gotten to know each other very well, so the intangibles and cultural fit are expected to be very strong,” said investment banker Mark Stafford of MS Capital Advisors.
Flagstar's serviced-for-others portfolio increased to 442,000 loans from 415,000 in 3Q17, but a large chunk of that represents subservicing arrangements.
A staggering 15.8 percent of the island commonwealth’s FHA loans were more than 90 days late as of Dec. 31, and another 13.0 percent were 30-90 days in arrears.
Despite the fear expressed by consumer advocates that CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney might give financial service industry participants a “get out of jail free” card upon request, the bureau recently filed a motion in opposition to the request of Nationwide Biweekly Administration, a biweekly mortgage payment company, to alter, amend or vacate the prior judgment against the firm. This past September, the CFPB won one and lost one in a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in the case. The agency won a $7.9 million civil penalty from the defendants. However, it lost out on $74 million in sought-after restitution. The bureau also originally insisted the defendants post a bond, even though that ...