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Call for Speakers: MBA Risk Management, QA & Fraud Prevention Forum–Deadline June 29
Full session and individual speaker proposals are now being accepted for the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Risk Management, QA and Fraud Prevention Forum 2021, taking place Sept. 28–29 via MBA LIVE.
Tom Millon, CMB, of Computershare Loan Services on Default Loan Servicing
Tom Millon, CMB, is CEO of Computershare Loan Services US, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
HUD Restores Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Requirement
HUD published an interim final rule on Thursday to restore implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing requirement, which was discontinued during the Trump Administration.
Homeowners Add $1.9 Trillion in 1Q Equity
Corelogic, Irvine, Calif., said “underwater” (negative equity) homes decreased by 24% year over year in the first quarter, while the average homeowner gained $33,400 in equity year over year.
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“As the Administration continues its support for housing, we urge you to sunset the nationwide federal moratorium on evictions on June 30th and focus on targeted housing support for those renters who continue to recover from the pandemic.”
–From an MBA/trade group letter to the Biden Administration asking for an end to the federal eviction moratorium.
CoreLogic: Strong Improvement in U.S. Mortgage Delinquency Rates
CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said just 4.9 percent of all mortgages in the U.S. were in some stage of delinquency, the lowest rate in more than a year.
MBA, Trade Groups Urge Federal Agencies to Continue Alignment of QM/QRM Frameworks
The Mortgage Bankers Association and a half-dozen industry trade groups asked federal regulatory agencies to hold implementation of new credit risk retention guidelines until the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau implements its updated Qualified Mortgage general definition.
Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Dips Slightly to 4.16%
The share of loans in forbearance haven’t moved much lately–but for the past 14 weeks, they’ve been moving down, the Mortgage Bankers said Monday.
CMBS Delinquency Rate Improvement Reaches 11-Month Mark
Trepp LLC, New York, reported the commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate declined again in May, posting its biggest drop in three months.