A survey showed that a majority of homeowners who entered into some sort of COVID-19-related forbearance agreement still got dinged on their credit reports.
Many participants have suggested the CFPB increase the safe harbor qualified-mortgage threshold to ensure borrowers are not arbitrarily left with only FHA-insured options.
Based on credit record data, the CFPB found that new delinquencies on mortgages declined between March and June, though a spike occurred in April during the height of the pandemic.
The proposed seasoned QM category is designed to encourage non-QM lending with additional legal certainty. But the eligibility requirements will make banks, thrifts and credit unions the main beneficiaries, or so it appears.
In particular, industry groups like the idea that third parties, including trade associations, can submit advisory opinion requests on behalf of companies, but consumer groups have their doubts.
In a motion to partially dismiss, the CFPB is trying to blunt a challenge by consumer groups over the creation and composition of its consumer financial law task force, arguing they are not directly harmed.
Need help from the CFPB on RESPA? Maybe not. A lack of specific rules, in fact, has enabled innovation in how settlement service providers interact with each other and refer customers.
Mortgage industry groups want a transition period between the expiration of the GSE “patch” and the implementation of a revised general QM definition to minimize market disruption.
RSS