The qualified-mortgage patch will stay in place until the “mandatory compliance date” for the new general QM definition, which the bureau is still working to finalize.
A few weeks back there was some hope that, perhaps, the GSE adverse market fee might get scrapped. Not so. Meanwhile, Ocwen keeps trying to turn things around.
Industry watchers said a blue wave would stall GSEs’ recapitalization and exit from conservatorship and likely send FHFA Director Mark Calabria packing.
It appears the CFPB might still look at whether referrals are being made under MSAs and whether the payments are intended to ‘disguise’ the referral arrangement.
Not only are large nonbanks contemplating IPOs but smaller shops are as well. With mortgage banking considered a cyclical business, will it end badly or is it different this time around?
Trade groups representing nonbank servicers are in favor of the CSBS’ proposal, saying it would apply uniformly across states with some differentiation between the largest servicers and others.
The MBA said a permanent, paid-for government backstop for agency mortgage-backed securities would be the ideal way to ensure a deep, liquid secondary mortgage market.