Until the Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency amended their preferred stock purchase agreement in January, a $25 billion net worth was the threshold for restarting the net worth sweep of Fannie's quarterly profits.
The two major CU trade associations, the Credit Union National Association and the National Association of Federally Insured Credit Unions, and a number of other state-specific industry groups submitted letters in support of the proposal.
From a market perspective, all those forbearances are cumulative. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mae estimate that one in four of the borrowers who entered into forbearance continued to make their payments...
The new QM standards are set to take effect March 1 with a mandatory compliance date of July 1. Between March 1 and July 1 lenders can use the QM patch or the new standards but after July 1, originators can only use the new standards.
DFPI Commissioner Manuel Alvarez: “We take our expanded responsibility very seriously and are moving swiftly to ensure debt collectors do not violate the rights of California consumers.”
The acting director of the CFPB directed the federal agency to focus on compliance issues involving consumers suffering hardship stemming from the coronavirus, including actions by mortgage servicers.
The FHFA wants to place a volume cap on mortgages sold through the Fannie/Freddie cash window. An effort to boost lender securitizations or something else?