The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday announced several Mortgage Bankers Association-recommended steps to offer clear guidance to lenders and servicers.
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MBA, Trade Groups Renew Pressure for Senate Action on Montgomery, Woll Nominations
Last October, the Trump Administration nominated FHA Commissioner Brian Montgomery to serve as HUD Deputy Secretary. Despite a favorable vote by the Senate Banking Committee and strong support from trade groups such as the Mortgage Bankers Association, a Senate confirmation vote has yet to take place.
2019 Home-Flipping Reaches 8-Year High; Returns at 8-Year Low
ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., released its year-end 2019 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which showed 245,864 single family homes and condos in the United States flipped in 2019, up 2 percent from 2018 to the highest point since 2006.
Mortgage Fraud Risk Falls to New Low
First American Financial Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., said frequency of defects, fraudulence and misrepresentation in the information submitted in mortgage loan applications decreased by 3.0 percent from December to the lowest level since the company began tracking such data in 2011.
Auction.com: Most Default Servicers Expect 2020 Foreclosures to Increase
Auction.com, Irvine, Calif., said its 2020 Default Servicing Insights report found while most respondents said they do not expect an economic recession in 2020, two-thirds expect their foreclosure and REO inflow to increase and 89 percent expect an increase in foreclosure and REO inflow from government-insured loans.
MBA: 4Q Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Delinquencies Remain Low
Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies remained low in the fourth quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial/Multifamily Delinquency Report.
ATTOM: ‘Zombie’ Foreclosures Up to 3.1% Nationwide
ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said 1.52 million U.S. single-family homes and condos in the United States were vacant in the first quarter, representing 1.5 percent of all homes.
HUD Proposes Enhancements to CWCOT Procedures
HUD, in a draft Mortgagee Letter, proposes to enhance FHA’s Claims Without Conveyance of Title (CWCOT) procedures, a development welcomed by the Mortgage Bankers Association.
#MBAServicing2020: MBA Releases Default Servicing Alignment White Paper
ORLANDO—The Mortgage Bankers Association released a white paper that analyzes federal foreclosure prevention programs and offers recommendations to better align and standardize those programs.
#MBAServicing2020: Ransomware and Cybersecurity—Understanding the Threats
ORLANDO—Rick Hill, Vice President of Industry Technology with the Mortgage Bankers Association, worries about the vulnerability of the mortgage industry.