Industry Groups Anxious About Loans Losing Their QM Status
March 11, 2013
The Mortgage Bankers Association has asked the CFPB to clarify whether mortgages subject to repurchase demands will lose their qualified mortgage status under the bureaus new ability-to-repay rule. The rule does not address whether loans that are subject to repurchase demands will lose their QM status based on deficiencies, the industry trade group said in a comment letter filed with the CFPB recently. MBA strongly believes they should not, absent fraud. However, clarification is needed. The Consumer Mortgage Coalition...