Addressing the annual convention of the American Bankers Association, the CFPB chief stressed that his agency is proceeding full speed ahead with the January implementation of its mortgage rules.
According to one servicing advisor, large banks – including Wells Fargo – have been quietly selling excess servicing rights through private securitizations.
One mortgage recruiter noted that job losses in somewhat rural communities can be a big problem for workers. “Sometimes they’re the largest employer in town and there’s nowhere else to go,” he said.
The CFPB issued a bulletin and interim final rule last week on three issues related to its mortgage servicing rules, one of which involves home-retention efforts after a borrower dies. According to new CFPB Bulletin 2013-12, starting Jan. 10, 2014, a servicer must have policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that, upon notification of the death of a borrower, the servicer promptly identifies and facilitates communication with a successor in interest of the deceased borrower with respect to the property that secures...
It may be hard to believe, but there are some companies considering early compliance with the CFPB’s mortgage servicing rules which take effect on Jan. 10, 2014. But one top official from the bureau urged taking a cautious approach. Answering some questions about the effective date of the bureau’s mortgage servicing rules during a webinar sponsored last week by the Mortgage Bankers Association, Marta Tanenhaus, senior counsel with the CFPB, reminded participants that “no servicer is required to comply with the rules before Jan...
Residential mortgage delinquency rates have turned around nicely from their worst levels in the wake of the financial crisis, but mortgage servicer timelines continue to increase, according to recent findings by industry analysts. “The improvement in the broad U.S. economy in general, and the steady decline of the unemployment rate and the strong rebound of the housing market in particular, have significantly reduced the residential mortgage serious-delinquency rate across all credit spectrums,” Deutsche Bank analysts said in a report issued last week. Delinquency rates have declined...
FHA automation, delegated underwriting and lenders’ willingness to assume the liability risk for quality control allowed FHA lending to proceed with little disruption during the 16-day government shutdown that ended this week. Lenders said they expected no disruption in the origination or closing of FHA loans provided the shutdown did not drag on for an extended period. Individual FHA borrowers with loans in process that required specific actions by FHA staff experienced some delay. Lenders, like Wells Fargo, worked with those customers on a case-by-case basis to ...
SunTrust Banks has agreed in principle with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice to settle certain FHA-related claims. Separately, a federal judge in Texas refused to dismiss a government suit against two FHA lenders accused of manipulating HUD into insuring poorly underwritten loans which later resulted in massive losses to the agency. Announced on Oct. 10, SunTrust’s agreement with the government agencies is part of a broader resolution of certain legacy matters and repurchase agreements with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. SunTrust has agreed to settle certain ...
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