Fannie Mae, FHLB of Chicago Support QM ‘Right to Cure’
June 23, 2014
Fannie Mae and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago were among the public commenters supporting – with some key revisions – the CFPB’s proposed “right to cure” a mortgage made in good faith that inadvertently exceeds the 3 percent points-and-fees cap under the bureau’s qualified mortgage standard.Earlier this year, the CFPB proposed allowing a cure for a points-and-fee violation if three criteria are satisfied, the first of which is if the creditor in good faith intended to originate the loan as a QM and the loan otherwise meets the requirements of a QM. Additionally, the creditor or the assignee has to refund to the consumer the dollar amount by which the loan's points and fees exceed the applicable limit and ...