Complaints by active-duty and retired U.S. military personnel about their mortgages rose in many categories tracked, both on a quarterly basis and on an annual basis, according to a new analysis and ranking by Inside the CFPB. Overall, they are definitely trending up. For instance, complaints by service members about all mortgage products in general rose from 582 incidents in the fourth quarter of 2016 to 739 in the fourth quarter of 2017, but they fell from a total of 741 in the third quarter of last year. The increase was a little more consistent when particular mortgage products were segregated out from the aggregate data. For instance, gripes about conventional mortgages rose from 218 in 4Q16 to 334 [with charts] ...
The American homebuyer’s “typical mortgage payment” is up 12 percent over last year, and the trend is expected to continue in the year ahead, according to a new report from CoreLogic.
It’s been a few months since hurricanes Irma and Harvey pounded coastal areas of the U.S. mainland, but the storms are continuing to wreak havoc on many affected homeowners. The latest data from Black Knight, in Jacksonville, finds that 90-day delinquencies have jumped due to the hurricanes’ impact.
CFPB Senior Advisor John Czwartacki said: “The bureau’s statutory mandate includes the supervision and enforcement of fair lending laws and regulations … the bureau will continue to perform those functions.”
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