Director Rohit Chopra noted borrower hardships due to excessive paperwork, as well as fees and negative credit reporting events that occurred while a loss-mit application was under review.
Credit risk-retention requirements don’t apply to notes issued in connection to a structured PDP well financing, according to Vinson & Elkins attorneys.
CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said the mortgage market would see severe disruption if the Supreme Court finds the bureau’s funding structure unconstitutional.
Prior to the ruling, lenders and mortgage servicers would often advance the amounts homeowners owed to the government in order to prevent the foreclosure sale and resulting release of their lien.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director said a Supreme Court ruling against his agency would "create major uncertainty in our mortgage markets."
The CFPB and five other federal agencies issued a joint proposed rule aiming to set quality control standards for the use of automated valuation models. Separately, regulators issued proposed guidance for reconsiderations of value.
The Supreme Court held that a Minnesota county violated the Constitution’s takings clause when it kept excess proceeds from a tax foreclosure sale after paying off the homeowner’s tax debt. The ruling has implications for mortgage servicers.