Expanding the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s dispute and accuracy requirements to a broadened definition of credit reporting agency could lead some industries to stop reporting or furnishing consumer credit data, according to Dan Smith, newly appointed president and CEO of the Consumer Data Industry Association.
Trade groups representing lenders noted that mortgage originators typically have no control over AVM providers and have no way to assess the goals, design or data inputs that go into the models.
Researchers found that banks with large municipal bond holdings divert their mortgage business to geographically distant areas in an effort to mitigate exposure to trends in home price appreciation.