Among a host of best practices and other tips lenders should consider for complying with the CFPB’s new Home Mortgage Disclosure Act rule is coordinated institutional planning, according to Ellen Costa, vice president of strategy and business capability development at Wells Fargo Home Lending. Speaking to attendees at the recent regulatory compliance conference sponsored by the American Bankers Association, Costa said, “All of the CFPB's regulatory changes – HMDA in particular – mean significant change management within your institution. It is a best practice to be very agile and proactive about coordinating a project plan that includes a strategy upfront, really understanding what the regulations are driving at.” A solid plan developed ahead of time and properly executed will allow a clear ...
During the first four months of the year, most mortgage originators seemed to do a good job complying with the CFPB’s regulations – including existing Truth in Lending Act and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act disclosure provisions – but some appeared to be coming up short in terms of their overall compliance management systems. According to the CFPB’s latest supervisory highlights report, “Examiners found general compliance with the reviewed federal consumer financial laws, though many entities continue to have CMS deficiencies.” For example, at least one supervised institution had weak oversight of its automated systems, including inadequate testing of codes that calculate the finance charge and the amount financed when originating residential loans to consumers. In addition, at least one supervised entity ...
The Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are looking a little more serious about pushing legislation that would change the leadership structure of the CFPB from that of a single director to a five-member commission and subject the bureau to the congressional appropriations process. Last week, the full House passed appropriations legislation with provisions that would do just that. Other language would restrict the CFPB’s ability to limit payday lenders, halt the bureau’s efforts to end forced arbitration clauses in credit card contracts, and rescind the agency’s guidance on indirect automobile lending. One additional provision would defund the CFPB’s efforts to stop what it calls predatory lending to borrowers looking to purchase a manufactured home, and another would make ...
The CFPB’s TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule – dubbed TRID – may have been causing mortgage lenders severe heartburn since it took effect in early October, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at consumer complaints about the mortgage application and origination process. They fell by 9.3 percent during the second quarter, according to a new analysis and ranking by Inside the CFPB – part of a larger drop off that found gripes down by 16.5 percent for the period, and off 4.5 percent year over year. The number of complaints that lenders responded to in a timely manner dropped 16.1 percent quarter over quarter, and 4.3 percent year over year. However, that could be because perhaps lenders/servicers were making more of an effort [With two exclusive charts]...
The TRID ‘Scratch & Dent’ Market is Still Humming Along, But…. The secondary market for mortgages with TRID errors is still alive and well with more product hitting the market in June than May, according to one active investor. Michael Lima, managing director of whole loan trades for Mid America Mortgage, reported his firm was involved in 82 TRID bids in June compared to 35 in May. Mid America has been one of the most active buyers of such product. But Mid America is quick to point out that even though there were more auctions, it won a smaller percentage of the bids: a 78 percent win rate in May compared to just 32 percent in June. “This could imply ...
The concerns among participants in the jumbo MBS market regarding the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule might have been much ado about nothing. A new report from Moody’s Investors Service suggests that TRID violations won’t materially increase losses in jumbo MBS. The rating service said third-party due diligence reviews will identify loans in violation of TRID, and lenders and aggregators will be able to cure many TRID violations before the mortgages are placed in jumbo MBS. Three jumbo MBS have included...
Recently, rumors were making the rounds in Washington that Fannie and Freddie might be pondering an increase in their net worth minimums for seller/servicers...
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