Not only are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spending more money than they were a few years ago, but their proposed budgets are being submitted late, says the IG.
The use of proprietary mods by banks was essentially level compared with the second quarter of 2014 while the number of HAMP restructurings declined by 42.9 percent.
On the conventional product, the loans have an average age of 23 months and delinquencies in the 3.0 percent range. Almost 80 percent of the loans are in California.
Consumer Complaints Tick Slightly Upward From Year-Ago Levels. A small 3.9 percent drop in overall consumer complaints to the CFPB during the third quarter helped keep a lid on rising complaints at the nine-month mark versus a year ago, according to an analysis by Inside the CFPB. (See chart on previous page.) The data show a modest 4.3 percent uptick in consumer criticisms at the end of September 2015 compared with the same nine-month period in 2014. The biggest drops were seen in the payday lending space (down 18.7 percent quarter to quarter and 7.1 percent year over year) and in the residential mortgage space (down 10.9 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively)....
A memo issued by the Internal Revenue Service this year regarding the tax treatment for certain real estate mortgage investment conduits has been a boon for investors in nonperforming loans, according to William Cejudo, a partner at the law firm of Clifford Chance. At the recent ABS East conference sponsored by Information Management Network in Miami, Cejudo provided some background on Technical Advice Memorandum 2015-17007, which was issued by the IRS in May. The memo covered a life insurance company’s formation of a REMIC that held impaired non-agency MBS. “It’s...
Riding a wave of heavy purchase-mortgage activity, Ginnie Mae issuers produced a record $128.23 billion of single-family mortgage-backed securities during the third quarter of 2015, according to a new Inside FHA/VA Lending ranking and analysis. The third-quarter figure, which includes FHA home-equity conversion mortgage MBS, was up 6.5 percent from the second quarter of this year. The previous record was $125.68 billion, set back in the third quarter of 2009. Loan-level MBS data, which do not include HECMs and have truncated loan amounts, show hefty gains in purchase-mortgage activity that more than offset sharp declines in refinance business. The flow of FHA purchase mortgages jumped 37.7 percent from the second to the third quarter, and VA purchase mortgages were up 37.9 percent over the same period. Meanwhile, refinance volume fell ... [ 2 charts ]
VA loan servicers have until Nov. 1, 2015, to review and comment on the new VA Servicer Handbook and ensure compliance with the established policy and guidelines. The servicer handbook combines guidance issued via circulars and news flashes over the years. In addition, the agency has started hosting biweekly servicer calls to update VA servicers on policy changes and new developments, according to Andrew Trevayne, assistant director of loan management with the VA Home Loan Guaranty Program. VA-guaranteed loans are serviced through the VA Loan Electronic Reporting Interface (VALERI) system. The handbook also discusses roles and responsibilities for VA loan-administration staff and servicers. It does not change or supersede any regulation or law affecting the loan program. Servicers may submit comments on the updated handbook to ...
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