Federal regulators have issued a request for comment on a review of credit risk-retention standards tied to the qualified mortgage “patch” and exemptions for community-focused and three- to four-unit mortgages.
A spokesperson for the SEC noted that while the Dodd-Frank Act requires publication of the report, there is actually no deadline for when the document has to be published.
The measure comes at a time of sinking fortunes for reverse mortgage originators: HECM production totaled $8.4 billion through the first nine months of 2019, a steep 27.8% drop from the comparable period a year earlier...
In September, the CFPB issued a compliance assistance policy, signaling its intent to propose an interpretive letter program “as soon as practicable,” given significant interest from stakeholders…