The added cost associated with servicing a mortgage in forbearance gives servicers an incentive “not to follow the mandates of the CARES Act and implementing guidance,” investigators said.
Wade takes the helm of the government’s mortgage insurer at a tumultuous time: FHA production is strong but the COVID-19-related forbearance rate on such loans are beginning to inch up as the employment picture worsens.
While most non-agency MBS servicers specialize in handling either prime mortgages or expanded-credit loans, Shellpoint services large volumes of both loan types.
MBA believes that as a result of large buyouts of FHA and VA loans by banks from Ginnie Mae pools, these mortgages are now listed as portfolio loans...