CFPB Previews Pending Mortgage Servicing Rules, Industry Wants to See Rule Coordination, Fairness
April 12, 2012
The mortgage banking industry got some advance notice this week on the direction the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans on taking when it issues a mortgage servicing proposed rule later this summer. The CFPB said it wants to design mortgage servicing rules to keep mortgage borrowers from getting stuck with costly surprises because of a lack of transparency or getting the runaround from their mortgage servicer because of a lack of accountability. In recent years, many borrowers have complained that they did not receive the information they needed to help avoid foreclosure, CFPB Director Richard...