“Many sophisticated parties have been duped,” said NAR.

This advisor noted that WJB was looking to raise debt, but was also open to a sale.

The Fair Labor Standards Act spells out the basis for an administrative exemption from overtime pay.

One commenter said the GSEs should be required to purchase chattel loans that are “prudently underwritten with appropriate consumer protections.”

Once again, the concept of "principal reductions" on Fannie, Freddie loans rears its ugly head.

SFIG noted that the proposal won’t supplant the group’s efforts to pursue a resolution from the CFPB to uncertainty related to TRID exceptions.

Late last week, secondary market officials said the CFPB has been informed about the recent failure of W.J. Bradley Mortgage of Colorado and how it was caused by jumbo loans backing up on the nonbank’s warehouse line due to errors complying with the bureau’s integrated disclosure rule. At this point, it’s hard for some industry observers and officials to gauge just how bad those errors were. However, the bigger issue may be that curing TRID errors (especially small ones) is the key to solving the current TRID-mess afflicting the residential finance industry. Some industry observers wonder whether a fix can be made that helps mortgage compliance attorneys sleep at night. Right now, the answer to that question appears to be ...

Despite efforts by certain factions of the industry to come up with legal protections regarding errors on TRID disclosures, the “scratch and dent” market for problem loans continues apace. According to Jeff Bode, CEO of Mid America Mortgage – one of the most active buyers of mortgages with TRID errors – product is still being offered on a regular basis. “Offerings have not slowed,” Bode told affiliated publication IMFnews, “though, eventually, I think it will.” On average, Mid America bids on at least eight TRID scratch-and-dent loans a day. Some lenders report they have totally adjusted to the new TRID disclosures, while others continue to be plagued by errors and delays. Meanwhile, the CFPB plans to hold an hour-long webinar on Tuesday,...

With the CFPB declining to provide any more formal guidance on legal liability for secondary market players when originators make errors in TRID mortgage disclosures, a group of due diligence firms is moving ahead with its own clarifications. High-level sources familiar with the matter who spoke under the condition of anonymity said the forthcoming clarifications have been vetted by legal counsel and are almost ready for approval. Several top third-party review/due diligence firms are involved in the effort, including Clayton Holdings and Opus. All the major rating agencies are reportedly involved as well. “We’re working to calibrate our methodology, to bring it in line with the spirit of the CFPB letter,” said one attorney close to the matter. He was ...

Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks were only able to squeeze out a paltry net gain of $493 on each loan they cranked out in the fourth quarter of 2015, a fraction of the $1,238 generated in the third quarter of 2015, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Quarterly Mortgage Bankers Performance Report. Proximity and correlation are not necessarily causation. But sometimes they are. In this case, TRID probably had something to do with the plunge. “Production profits dropped by over 60 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to the third quarter,” said Marina Walsh, MBA’s vice president of industry analysis. “With the Know Before You Owe (TRID) rule going into effect last Oct. 3 ...