In addition to having the most failed metrics, CitiMortgage was found to be in “widespread” noncompliance with the timeliness requirement to notify a borrower of any missing documents in his modification application.
MBA pushes for GSE AU engines to be synchronized. Meanwhile, a factoid of mortgage history: Treasury chief Paulson wanted Fannie and Freddie put in receivership.
Bipartisan legislation in the house to enact a transitional period for loan originators relating to the SAFE Act, a previous of a hearing on the Dodd-Frank Act's impact on homeownership by a subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee, and regulatory implementation materials from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Former rating analysts at two of the major rating services told the Securities and Exchange Commission that problems with the rating system are due to management at the rating services, not the analysts in charge of assigning ratings.
Lewis Ranieri, one of the inventors of the non-agency mortgage-backed security, said there are currently a lack of viable alternatives to agency mortgages.
Ocwen Financial announced on Thursday that it will purchase the vast majority of OneWest Bank’s servicing portfolio. The special servicer is set to acquire $78 billion in unpaid principal balance of mortgage servicing rights and related servicing advance receivables for $2.53 billion.
CFPB officials claim that lenders will originate non-qualified mortgages, though industry participants have been skeptical due to the liability involved with such loans. Raj Date, the former deputy director of the CFPB, detailed how his new firm will originate non-QMs.
The new FHFA director’s whirlwind first week resulted in widespread staffing cuts at the regulator and a dramatic change in leadership at the GSEs. So far, criticism has been muted.
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