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One agent noted: “Consumers around the country continue to receive inaccurate information at the closing table about their title insurance costs...”

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Nonbank mortgage originators continued to feel the heat of scrutiny from the CFPB over the last year, new data show. The number of the bureau’s examinations of non-depository mortgage lenders jumped an eye-popping 220.0 percent as of June 30, 2016, compared with the mid-year mark in 2015, according to data provided exclusively to Inside the CFPB from the agency per a Freedom of Information Act request.Further, in each of the first two quarters of this year, the CFPB examined as many nonbank mortgage originators as it had for the entire second half of last year, the data show. On the other hand, nonbank servicers got a slight reprieve, with CFPB exams falling 66.7 percent year over year (YOY) and ...

Hundreds of title agents across the U.S. responded in an organized letter-writing campaign and flooded the CFPB’s inbox with negative comments about the bureau’s attempt to clarify a number of issues related to its controversial TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule, otherwise known as TRID.One title insurance professional commented that the CFPB missed an opportunity to change the closing disclosure’s calculation of title fees. “Consumers around the country continue to receive inaccurate information at the closing table about their title insurance costs,” she said. “This provision of the rule defeats the bureau’s own mission to provide consumers with a better understanding of their transaction.” The title agent urged the CFPB to fix this problem immediately so consumers will have a clear ...

Scores of real estate professionals have written to the CFPB to express their support of the TRID 2.0 provision that would enable the sharing of mortgage origination documents between lenders and real estate professionals. Carol Barkstrom, principal broker/owner at Connections Realty in Richmond, VA, told the CFPB, “Thank God you are proposing to make this change. We as agents being denied access to closing documents has been a huge problem.” Previously, real estate professionals “have always had access to disclosure documents to catch possible mistakes and omissions and to explain the meaning of all the pieces and parts of the closing documents to our selling and buying clients,” she added. However, with the original TRID rule, the bureau’s attempt to ...

The TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule helped improve communications with no impact on closing times, according to some real estate agents. But other agents reported that the new disclosure rule caused significant delays in closing purchase mortgages. The disparity in findings is contained in the newest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey, which asked real estate agents to describe their best/worst experience with lenders this year. TRID, as might be expected, received a number of mentions. An agent in California said lenders have been much better at communication since TRID took effect in October. “I feel that TRID keeps them more aware of the timelines they need to adhere to,” the agent said. And a sales professional in Maryland said homebuyers’ ...

The new nonprime mortgage-backed securities deals from Angel Oak Capital Advisors and Deephaven Mortgage contain a number of mortgages reflecting a range of issues in terms of complying with the CFPB’s TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule (TRID), a review of the offering documents revealed. Part of the compliance issues stem from the ongoing uncertainty about cures for minor errors. While the CFPB issued a proposed rule in July attempting to clarify some of these TRID uncertainties, and the Structured Finance Industry Group has worked with industry participants on a set of guidelines, it is still not clear whether some TRID errors can be cured. The $132.65 million nonprime MBS from Angel Oak included 251 mortgages subject to TRID, representing 59.4 percent ...

The presidential campaign of Democrat Hillary Clinton issued a fact sheet indicating that the candidate supports allowing small institutions to enjoy the qualified mortgage safe harbor for portfolio loans. “Before the crisis, Wall Street promoted dangerous mortgage products, even when they knew borrowers might get into trouble, harming countless communities in the process,” said the fact sheet. “But when community banks and credit unions offer mortgages, they’re looking to invest in their neighborhoods and communities to help them grow and prosper. “Clinton supports a proposal put forward by Senate Democrats to expand the safe harbor for QM liability protection to include all mortgages made by community banks and credit unions with under $10 billion in assets – so long as the ...