In the mortgage industry, the FCA has been used by the Department of Justice and Department of Housing and Urban Development to punish FHA lenders for sloppy underwriting practices that led to defaults.
In particular, one clause could rankle mortgage industry participants: HUD also agreed to notify FHFA of any Fair Housing Act complaints related to counterparties of Fannie and Freddie.
JMP said it sounds like “these actions” by the GSEs “primarily targeted nonbank wholesale channel lenders, of which UWM [United Wholesale Mortgage] and HMPT are among the largest.”
Black Knight: “While some borrowers will elect to leave forbearance early between now and their final expiration, servicers are still facing significant operational challenges"...