The House Financial Services Committee intends to conduct a hearing to examine the impact of the Federal Reserve’s recent regulation governing compensation to mortgage loan originators. In its oversight plan for the 112th Congress, the HFSC expressed concern that the Fed’s LO pay rules, which take effect April 1, may have an adverse impact on...

The Small Business Administration has joined other stakeholders in asking the Federal Reserve Board to postpone the April 1 implementation date of its final rule on mortgage loan originator compensation. In a recent letter, the SBA’s Office of Advocacy said the compliance guidance for small businesses it had requested...

Most mortgage industry groups have expressed support for a proposal by the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to require non-bank residential mortgage lenders and loan originators to establish anti-money laundering (AML) plans and report suspicious financial transactions. The groups, which represent...

CSBS. Registration of mortgage loan originators (MLOs) employed by federally supervised financial institutions is now in full swing. On Jan. 31, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors announced the opening of the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry to registration applications from...

Department of Housing and Urban Development Final SAFE Act Rule to OMB. On Feb. 8, HUD sent a final rule under the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act to the Office of Management and Budget for review. The final rule would clarify and interpret...

As the implementation date of the Federal Reserve’s final rule on mortgage loan originator (LO) compensation nears, creditors, loan officers, mortgage brokers and loan correspondents are concerned about how the rule will affect their business and their wallets. They realize...

Any rule that threatens compensation in the mortgage business is likely to generate much attention – and a lot of questions. Compliance experts Kris Kully, of counsel with K&L Gates, Richard Andreano, a partner with Patton Boggs, and David Hay, vice president and associate general counsel of SunTrust Mortgage, had their hands full as they fielded...

Federal Housing Administration Anti-Flipping Waiver Extended. The FHA has extended its temporary anti-flipping waiver to hasten the resale of foreclosed homes in neighborhoods with high foreclosure rates. With certain exceptions, current FHA regulation prohibits insuring a mortgage on a home owned by the seller for less than 90 days. Early last year, the FHA temporarily set...

The Mortgage Bankers Association has filed suit in federal court in Washington, DC, to overturn a controversial rule interpretation on overtime for mortgage loan officers issued by the Department of Labor last year. The lawsuit challenges procedures the DOL followed...

In a rare show of solidarity, industry and community groups urged federal risk-retention rulemakers not to settle for a narrow definition of “qualified residential mortgage.” A coalition of consumer advocates and real estate industry trade associations warned...