Remember the Dec. 29, 2015, “clarifying letter” that CFPB Director Richard Cordray sent to the Mortgage Bankers Association? Initially, the letter relieved industry anxiety regarding TRID errors, at least to some degree. But over the past few weeks, certain lenders have once again grown nervous and are reporting resistance by secondary market investors that are turning down their mortgages because of TRID errors. For loan buyers, the issue is assignee liability. The MBA is believed to be a key player trying to persuade the bureau to publish the letter in the Federal Register. An industry lobbyist noted that one week after the clarifying letter came to light, MBA “applied immediate pressure to get the letter into Register form. The CFPB ...