During a congressional oversight hearing, House Financial Services Committee members grilled CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger on the bureau’s interpretation of the abusiveness standard, plans to reform the qualified-mortgage rule and the controversial RESPA bulletin.
The bureau has released three surveys as part of its review of the integrated mortgage disclosure rule. According to comments received so far, the industry seeks clarity in the rule’s timing requirements.
The CFPB granted a no-action letter to Bank of America regarding its funding arrangement with HUD-certified housing counseling agencies. It marks the second no-action letter under the revised policy.
The CFPB released two guides on how to disclose construction-to-permanent loans under the integrated mortgage disclosure rules. The guides may spur new questions from the industry, attorneys noted.
The CFPB's assessment of the TRID rule does not mean the bureau is planning to eliminate or even modify the rule, according to attorneys watching the action.
The CFPB's recent report on mortgage servicers seems to state the obvious: the biggest shops dominate the residential loan processing market, and nonbank market share is growing.
A Florida federal judge termed a CFPB lawsuit against Ocwen Financial for widespread mortgage servicing failures as “shotgun pleading.” The court, however, allowed the CFPB to amend and refile the suit.