It should come as no surprise to mortgage originators and servicers that the CFPB has significantly ramped up its examination activity of their operations over the last year. Data provided exclusively to Inside the CFPB from the bureau per a Freedom of Information Act request reveal there was a 70 percent increase in mortgage-related exams in 2015 from the prior year. As the accompanying chart illustrates, nonbanks have been having an even more active degree of scrutiny from the bureau than have depository institutions. Nonbank originators have seen an 85.7 percent increase in exam activity year over year, versus depositories, which have seen a rise of “only” 42.9 percent during that period. And it is even worse for nonbank servicers. ...
The CFPB’s latest monthly consumer complaint report finds that borrowers struggling to keep up with their mortgages are still having problems with their mortgage servicers. “Today’s report shows that consumers are still running into too many dead ends and obstacles in resolving issues with their mortgage servicer,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray. “The bureau will continue to press to make sure that people can get the right information and the timely help they need.” Among the issues the bureau identified, 51 percent of complaints involved problems borrowers faced when they had difficulty making payments. “Consumers complained of prolonged loss mitigation review processes in which the same documentation was repeatedly requested by their servicer,” said the CFPB. Homeowners also said they ...
The CFPB recently reopened the public comment period on whether mortgage servicers should be required to provide periodic statements for borrowers who have filed for bankruptcy. Specifically, the bureau is seeking public input on the consumer testing it did on its proposed sample periodic statement forms.Back in January 2013, the bureau issued its two mortgage servicing final rules. The agency clarified and revised those rules during the summer and fall of 2013 in two packages of amendments. Then in October 2013, the CFPB clarified compliance requirements in relation to successors in interest, early intervention requirements, bankruptcy law, and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), through an interim final rule (IFR) and a contemporaneous compliance bulletin. Among other things,...
Fannie Mae revealed plans this week to securitize re-performing loans held on its balance sheet to manage its risk and reduce its portfolio. Loans that have been modified and are now performing, coupled with loans that have become current without the assistance of a modification program, will be included in the group. “Over the long run, these securitizations can benefit...
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has proposed technical corrections and changes to its codified accounting handbook for private companies, including revisions to guidance relating to FHA and VA loans as well as transfers and servicing of financial assets. The proposed updates respond to suggestions by stakeholders and affect a wide variety of topics in the Accounting Standards Codification, which was established in September 2009 as a comprehensive source of authoritative generally accepted accounting principles used by the private sector. Among other things, a proposed amendment to Subtopic 860-20, Transfers and Servicing – Sales of Financial Assets would add...
Declining interest rates introduced considerable uncertainty into the valuation of mortgage servicing rights during the first quarter of 2016, leading to a decline in bulk transfers of agency MSR, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis. Bulk sales of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae servicing rights totaled just $36.16 billion during the first three months of this year, a 37.2 percent drop from the fourth quarter of 2015. That was down ... [Includes one data chart]
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