Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have updated their selling guides to state that lenders must retain the audio-video recording of the RON transaction for the greater of either (a) the minimum period required by the state in which the notary is licensed or (b) 10 years. This guideline has left a lot of lenders wondering just how to store all that audio-video footage…and spurred a new crop of vendors ready to meet this “need.”
Category: News and Trends
MBA: Mortgage Delinquencies Decline for 5th Straight Quarter
Mortgage delinquencies fell for the fifth straight quarter to well under 5 percent, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday.
Industry Briefs Nov. 12, 2021: Ginnie Mae October MBS Issuance Tops $69B
Ginnie Mae, Washington, D.C. reported mortgage-backed securities issuance volume for October rose to $69.36 billion. It said 253,996 homes and apartment units were financed by Ginnie Mae guaranteed MBS.
Regina Braga of Res/Title: Margin Compression Doesn’t Have to Be Inevitable in a Competitive Market
Lenders should consider examining existing or new service providers for critical services (title, appraisal or other elements of the mortgage process that would be difficult to produce in-house, but without which, a purchase mortgage transaction simply cannot take place) much as they would their own, internal cost centers.
Nomi Smith of PMI Rate Pro: How to Build a Stronger Mortgage Business Now
It’s time to make a decision. What will you be doing in 2022? If you’re in the mortgage industry and you think you’ll still be in the business next year, there’s a good chance you’re wrong. The business will shrink next year and many who are working here now won’t be here by the end of the year.
People in the News Nov. 15, 2021
Wipro Opus Risk Solutions LLC, Lincolnshire, Ill., appointed Kebra Rhedrick as Chief Compliance Counsel.
Mark P. Dangelo: Coming to a Store Near YOU, the Low-Code/No-Code Revolution
The time to effectively transform our analysis of all things digital is being reduced from months to days. The revolution and rapid embrace of low-code/no-code solutions by giant Walmart will set off multiple tangential strategies to influence the consumer—all in the hands of newly empowered, front-line domain experts.
MBA CEO Listening Tour Heads to St. Louis
MBA President & CEO Robert Broeksmit, CMB, and other MBA senior staff visited St. Louis Nov. 10 as part of MBA’s CEO Listening Tour. Joe Bayer Jr., CEO of First Integrity Mortgage Services, hosted the meeting of more than a dozen local MBA residential and commercial/multifamily members.
CFPB, Federal Agencies Rescind April 2020 Joint Statement, Says Will ‘Step Up’ Borrower Protections
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other government agencies on Wednesday announced a return to “enforcement of critical protections” for families and homeowners.
3Q Equity-Rich Properties Soar to New Highs
ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., said a record 39.5 percent of mortgaged residential properties in the United States were considered equity-rich in the third quarter.