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Brandon Ivey

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Short Takes: Banks Get a Pass From the CFPB / Fannie Sells Special NPL Pool / The ‘Adverse’ Fee is Dead / Fair Housing Suits Revived / Things Not Looking Up for Genworth

September 2, 2015
Carisa Chappell, Brandon Ivey, and Paul Muolo
The CHLA noted that almost 99 percent of depositories are exempt from exams conducted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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M&T Settles Allegations That It Used ‘Neighborhood Racial Criteria’ for Mortgage Product

September 1, 2015
Brandon Ivey
M&T sought a dismissal of the lawsuit in April, claiming that its loan officers were acting based on legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons.
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CFPB’s ATR Rule Seen as Helping Increase Certainty for Lenders, But…

August 31, 2015
Brandon Ivey
The rating service predicted that in the coming months, more lenders will be willing to offer non-QMs that allow for debt-to-income ratios above 50 percent and credit scores as low as 620.
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Jumbo MBS Servicing Concentrated, Prepayments Can Vary

August 31, 2015
Brandon Ivey
The top five jumbo MBS servicers handle 83.3 percent of the loans, with Cenlar alone claiming a 38.4 percent share.
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Rating Services Take Dim View of ‘Alt’ Doc Loans; Penalties May Ensue

August 28, 2015
Brandon Ivey
“The most common example is a loan program for self-employed borrowers that relies on bank statements, rather than tax returns, to determine income,” Fitch said.
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Lender Ordered to Repay Borrower $42K for Payments Made After Entering Bankruptcy

August 28, 2015
Brandon Ivey
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit this week affirmed rulings from lower courts, noting that the “change in terms” agreement between Lapides and the lender was unenforceable.
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Slip Sliding Away: Subprime Servicing Rights; Here Comes Caliber?

August 27, 2015
Brandon Ivey
Only one servicer among the top 15 – Caliber Home Loans – avoided a decrease in subprime MSRs...
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Quicken, FirstKey, New Penn Lead Contributors to Pending Jumbo MBS from Credit Suisse

August 27, 2015
Brandon Ivey
Quicken Loans is contributing 17.1 percent of the mortgages to the new jumbo MBS from Credit Suisse.
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MBA on the Next 10 Years: Don’t Expect Much Change in the Homeownership Rate

August 26, 2015
Brandon Ivey
Renters' attitudes about homeownership have shifted, said Freddie Mac...
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CFPB Finds Mortgage-Related Complaints Declining, Led By Ocwen and Nationstar

August 26, 2015
Brandon Ivey
Among the top 10 companies in the complaint database, two mortgage servicers showed improved performance: Ocwen and Nationstar.
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