Life Under TRID: Weaker Earnings at the Nonbanks... Thanks to TRID?
March 7, 2016
Many small and medium-sized nonbanks have been earning steady profits the past three years, but some firms lost money in the fourth quarter of 2015, thanks to the CFPB’s integrated disclosure rule known as TRID. At least that’s what some warehouse managers told IMFnews, an affiliated publication. These credit executives, who spoke on the condition their names not be used, were somewhat surprised by the development, noting that about a third of their clients posted losses. The managers also noted that executives at companies experiencing the losses almost unanimously blamed it on the TRID rule, citing compliance costs and problems selling mortgages in the secondary market, particularly jumbo and nonconforming products. At this time, there seems to be no major ...