“A temporary legal safe harbor for lenders will ensure the new requirements are implemented in an orderly manner and that consumers are not confused or, worse yet, impaired in their ability to purchase a home or refinance a loan.”
–From an MBA Mortgage Action Alliance Call to Action urging support for two bills that would grant lenders a temporary safe harbor under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s TILA/RESPA Integrated Discloaure Rule set to go into effect next month.
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Servicing Newslink 9-1-15
“Household formation has been depressed in recent years by a long, jobless recovery and by a lull in the growth of the working age population. Improving employment markets will build on major demographic trends-including maturing of Baby Boomers, Hispanics and Millennials-to create strong growth in both owner and rental housing markets over the next decade.”–MBA Vice President of Research and Economics Lynn Fisher.