The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should not take enforcement action against securitization trusts for the acts of servicers, the Structured Finance Industry Group said.
Non-agency MBS traders defeated charges brought by the federal government in two separate cases late last week. In one case, a judge ruled that a lower court erred by admitting evidence against the trader; in the other, a jury determined that bluffing by a trader didn’t warrant a conviction.
The Seventh Circuit Court shot down the chances of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders reviving their Treasury sweep claims last week. Investors Christopher Roberts and Thomas Fischer argued that the preferred stock purchase agreement was illegal and robbed shareholders of their profits.
A former Fannie executive (pre-federal takeover) said that when he worked at the GSE, “We looked at doing this, but were told it wasn’t in the charter and so we didn’t proceed.”
About 70.4 percent of the home loans originated in 2017 were sold to secondary market investors, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data released this week. According to the preliminary HMDA data made available by federal regulators, lenders reported $1.738 trillion in first-lien single-family mortgage originations in 2017. HMDA data cover about 96 percent of the market. The biggest buyers were Fannie Mae ... [Includes one data chart]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ability-to-repay requirements yielded higher costs for lenders and revealed flaws with vendors’ loan originations systems, according to a recent survey of lenders. The ATR rule and standards for qualified mortgages took effect in early 2014. Strategic Mortgage Finance Group surveyed 122 lenders about the regulation earlier this year. Lenders estimated that ATR/QM added $139 per loan to their ongoing origination costs. Only $44 of ...
Former CFPB Director Richard Cordray challenged PHH’s captive reinsurance program, ruling that any referral of settlement business that involves payments is prohibited under RESPA…
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