Although unhappy about the demise of the popular, fixed-rate, standard Home Equity Conversion Mortgage, loan officers are not worried about any long-term adverse effect on their FHA businesses. In fact, members of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association, support the FHA’s decision, which is a part of a broad effort to strengthen and better manage the risk of the agency’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. They said they have other HECM products to offer in lieu of the standard HECM loan. Beginning April 1, borrowers who choose a fixed interest rate will be limited to ...
FHA-approved lenders that engage in aggressive marketing to borrowers with a history of foreclosure, particularly advertisements about the ease of obtaining an FHA-insured mortgage after foreclosure, could face potential sanctions and severe penalties, the FHA warned. In a letter to lenders, FHA Commissioner Carol Galante said there has been a proliferation of web-based and print ads conveying the message that almost any borrower can get a new FHA loan three years after ...
Responding to industry concerns over the impact of the new loan officer compensation final rule on reverse mortgages, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has clarified the phrase “amount of credit extended” for closed-end Home Equity Conversion Mortgage loans. For closed-end reverse mortgages, a loan originator’s compensation may be based on either (a) the maximum proceeds available to the consumer under the loan; (b) the maximum claim amount (if the loan is subject to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s HECM rules); or (c) the appraised value of the property, as determined by ...
A federal appeals court has rebuffed the bid by American International Group’s mortgage insurance unit to overturn a lower court’s order to pay more than $45 million to SunTrust Banks for insured losses related to mortgage defaults. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals last week upheld a Virginia federal judge’s ruling that AIG’s United Guaranty breached an insurance agreement by refusing to pay claims on 1,305 defaulted “combo” loans – which is a first-lien loan with a smaller, second-lien “piggyback” loan. At issue were mortgage defaults that SunTrust claimed should have been covered under a ...
Genworth Financial Inc.’s U.S. mortgage insurance segment continued to be a burden to its parent despite reporting a narrower operating loss of $34 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to losses of $38 million in the prior quarter and $96 million in the prior year. Nonetheless, the reduced amount of losses during the period was good news to company executives who reported net income of $166 million, or 34 cents a share, during the period from $142 million, or 29 cents, a year earlier. Operating profit was $167 million, or 34 cents a share, up from ...
California and Texas took the honors for top FHA producers among states and other U.S. jurisdictions in 2012, with a combined $59.2 billion in new mortgage loans insured by the FHA. The combined output of the two states represented 25.5 percent of the $232.1 billion in new FHA originations reported by all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia for the entire year. Total FHA production by state was up a modest 5.2 percent in the fourth quarter from the previous quarter and a hefty 21.9 percent from the prior year. California, which accounts for 25 percent of the U.S. housing market, reported ...
The Federal Financial institutions Examination Council is taking a close look at social media and the risks it poses to financial institutions, including mortgage lenders.
Massachusetts will not join other states in the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s, but instead will conduct its own fraud probe tied to CDO ratings.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's share of purchase-mortgage originations has increased each of the last two years, according to a new analysis by Inside Mortgage Trends.
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