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March 10, 2017

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Industry Bands Together to Fight G-Fee Usage for Unrelated Funding

According to an Inside Mortgage Finance analysis, Fannie and Freddie have passed along some $9.6 billion of MBS fees under the provisions of the 2011 Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act. Read More

RESPA Legal Experts Cite Troubling Behavior in CFPB-Prospect Mortgage Case

Earlier this year, the CFPB brought a $3.5 million enforcement action against Prospect Mortgage, accusing the firm of illegal kickbacks for referrals from two real estate brokers… Read More

Non-Agency MBS Participants See a Deal Agent as Adding a ‘Brain’ to Transactions

Clayton Holdings was the first firm to receive an assessment from rating services as a deal agent… Read More

Bank ABS Portfolios Continued to Shrink in 2016…

Commercial banks and thrifts reported a combined $123.8 billion of ABS on their balance sheets at the end of last year, a 3.7 percent drop from the third quarter… Read More

Nation’s Largest FHA Lender Quicken Scores Partial Victory in FHA-DOJ Case

Early on, after the lender was sued, Quicken even threatened to leave the FHA program but never did and instead has dominated the FHA “direct” lending market… Read More

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