Perhaps, the time is drawing near to once again raise the thorny issue of whether the Department of Housing and Urban Development should cut FHA premiums...
Declining interest rates have thrown a monkey wrench into mortgage servicing sales this year, but investment bankers and advisors are seeing an increase in new auction notices, even though pricing remains muted. Moreover, some market-makers expect an eventual boom – but only if interest rates would rise a bit and stay that way. “There hasn’t been a lot of activity of late…
State regulators focused much of their mortgage-related supervisory efforts in 2015 on servicing examinations enforcement, according to the Multi-State Mortgage Committee. State regulators also continue to work on capital requirements for state-licensed nonbank servicers, but there’s no timeline for when further action might occur. ....
Many mortgage lenders continue to fret about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s integrated disclosure rule, but the bureau’s latest report to Congress suggests they should also pay attention to fair lending issues, including Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data integrity, along with mortgage servicing. “Mortgage lending continues to be a key priority for the [CFPB’s] Office of Fair Lending for both supervision and enforcement, with a focus on HMDA data integrity and potential fair lending risks in…
Stonegate’s results were affected by declining interest rates, a plague that has marred the performance of residential servicers from coast to coast...