Discussing the new integrated disclosure rule known as TRID, Ishbia noted that loan brokers “adapted wonderfully and we are closing a lot of TRID loans.”
OCC chief Thomas Curry added: “It’s clear to me that these reserves need to rise to account for the increasing credit risk we are seeing in the system."
CFPB Director Richard Cordray pooh-pooh’ed mortgage lender concerns that the Truth in Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule will hurt their business because of the need to extend closings when revisions prompt another round of disclosures. “Now, just as we heard prophets of doom bemoaning the effects of the [ability-to-repay] qualified mortgage rule before it took effect, so too we are hearing some of the same voices bemoaning the effects that the ‘Know Before You Owe’ mortgage disclosure rule will have,” the director said at the recent Mortgage Bankers Association annual convention in San Diego. “They say that by requiring closing disclosures to be provided three days in advance, the rule will delay and disrupt closings,” ...
Most (86 percent) of U.S. banks and credit union respondents in a recent survey by Wolters Kluwer Financial Services ranked the CFPB’s Truth in Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule as the top regulatory challenge facing their organizations. When asked about complying with the complex TRID rules, 32 percent of respondents cited “collaborating with stakeholders” as their top issue, while 24 percent identified “last-minute changes that trigger closing delays” as the top anticipated challenges. Another 17 percent cited “information technology preparedness” as the top challenge, while 18 percent were still unsure about the regulation’s greatest impact on their operations. Overall, concerns about regulatory compliance and risk management challenges rose 7 percent compared to WKFS’ survey from ...
CFPB Director Richard Cordray showed no sign of backing down when it comes to the bureau’s expanded scrutiny of and skepticism toward marketing services agreements as possible violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. Speaking at the recent Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual convention in San Diego, the director noted that his agency concluded from its enforcement experience that MSAs necessarily involve substantial legal and compliance risk for the parties to the agreements – whether they are lenders, brokers, title companies or real estate professionals. “We believe those risks are greater and less capable of being controlled by careful monitoring than mortgage industry participants may have recognized in the past,” said the director. “MSAs appear to create opportunities for parties to ...