By extending the comment period, it’s likely that lenders will have at least 120 days before any g-fee hikes are installed.

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“I don’t see how New York can’t ultimately approve Wells’ sale of servicing to Ocwen,” said one analyst. “I think it’s more a matter of when.”

A formal recorded vote has been requested and at press time was pending before the committee.

Surprise: Two Harbors is preparing a new jumbo MBS deal. It looks like the bond will be issued in early August...

In mid-July senior White House staff, Treasury officials and the staffers from the Council of Economic Advisers met with representatives from a number of industry trade groups to discuss housing finance reform.

One stock analyst told IMFnews: “He hasn’t charged them [Nationstar] because he [Lawksy] doesn’t have anything.”

The CFPB also is proposing that financial institutions provide more information about underwriting and pricing.

Nationstar Mortgage and Walter Investment are the only seller/servicers (counterparties) mentioned by name in the FHFA IG report on nonbank risk.

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun: “The way they have raised premiums and fees – the way I view it and what I hear from Realtors – is essentially they are ripping off consumers. It’s almost as if HUD needs to be turned over to the CFPB to be investigated"...