Meanwhile, holders of the GSE junior preferred stock receive nothing from Fannie and Freddie in terms of dividends.

If Trump names a top GOP lawmaker to head the CFPB it would leave open another House or Senate seat…

If the bill becomes law, REITs that gained access to low-cost FHLB advances would get a reprieve.

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FCA enforcement actions can result in significant damage to a lender’s reputation and bottom line, warns MBA President Dave Stevens.

The trade groups argued that the interpretation that employees have a right under the NLRA to engage in class or collective litigation is “dubious at best.”

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has largely been “defanged” in the aftermath of 2016 elections, according to analysts at FBR Capital Markets.

The Mortgage Bankers Association is calling for a moratorium on future claims against FHA lenders under the False Claims Act to give the Department of Housing and Urban Development sufficient time to streamline its defect taxonomy and revise its loan-level certification requirements. In letters to HUD and the Department of Justice, the MBA said the FHA has yet to issue clear standards identifying specific errors that could trigger an FCA claim and those that do not. FCA enforcement actions can result in very significant damage to a lender’s reputation and bottom line, warned Dave Stevens, MBA president and chief executive officer. Although FHA lenders work hard to ensure compliance with strict underwriting and documentation standards, origination, insurance and servicing depend heavily on human efforts, which could easily result in technical errors, he added. While lenders process ...

Industry comments on the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s plan to streamline and clarify agency regulations and discard those that have outlived their usefulness reflect mixed priorities.The Mortgage Bankers Association and the American Bankers Association chose to focus on a single issue, while the National Association of Realtors, the Community Home Lenders Association and the Consumer Mortgage Coalition called for changes on multiple issues. A HUD task force is sifting through department regulations to identify those for repeal, replacement, clarification or amendment. The regulatory review is in response to President Trump’s directive to reduce regulatory burden and control regulatory costs. While the MBA called for a freeze on all future False Claims Act enforcement actions against lenders (see story on p. 6), the ABA raised concerns about ...