PHH Corp., which is slated to be bought by Ocwen Financial, is waiting to see if it still has any legal liability from a Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act enforcement matter brought by the CFPB, according to a recent 10-K filing. In January 2018, the en banc court of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reinstated an October 2016 panel decision as it related to RESPA issues, which included vacating the CFPB’s order imposing $109 million of disgorgement ...
The CFPB’s civil investigative demands seem to be particularly burdensome to small mortgage lenders, as painful experiences were shared via comments responding to the agency’s request for information. The bureau issued a RFI on CIDs in January, a vehicle for the agency to obtain information from people and institutions relevant to an investigation. One mortgage lender that has received one CID said its experience dealing with CIDs is “frustrating, unduly burdensome and particularly disruptive to its…
The CFPB issued two more requests for information – one on rulemaking processes, another covering adopted regulations and new rulemaking authorities – as a part of Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s “call for evidence.” The bureau first solicited feedback on its rulemaking processes, including initial outreach and information gathering, notices of proposed rulemaking and final rules.For initial outreach and information gathering, the CFPB asked for comments on methods to gather ...
Promontory MortgagePath Snags Former Top CFPB Attorney to Head Compliance Department. Promontory MortgagePath on Tuesday named former federal regulator Colgate Selden chief compliance officer. Selden comes to the vendor from the Alston & Bird law firm, but before that was senior counsel in the office of regulations at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ... [Include one brief]
Efforts to enhance disclosures on MBS and ABS in recent years have generated mixed results, according to industry participants. Inadequate disclosures helped contribute to the financial crisis, according to investors that suffered significant losses on MBS and ABS.
A New York bankruptcy judge has ordered the bankruptcy estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings to pay $2.38 billion to cover legacy residential MBS claims filed by trustees in 2008.
Hensarling is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, which means any Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac reform bill must first go through his panel, whether he’s the author or not.
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