The Mortgage Bankers Association and other industry trade associations asked Congress to refrain from adding new credit reporting provisions that may negatively affect consumers as Congress considers new COVID-19 response legislation.
Tag: CARES Act
MBA, Trade Groups Ask Congress to Extend Troubled Debt Restructurings Relief Period
The Mortgage Bankers Association and a half-dozen other industry trade groups this week asked Congress to extend the “covered period” under the Troubled Debt Restructurings relief under section 4013 of …
Maurice Jourdain-Earl of ComplianceTech on CARES Act Relief and Racial Disparities in Mortgage Forbearance
MBA NewsLink talked with Maurice Jourdain-Earl, Managing Director of ComplianceTech, McLean, Va., a provider of software and services to enable fair and responsible lending compliance. He is a noted speaker and writer on HMDA and fair lending practices and has appeared frequently at MBA events and sits on MBA’s member-led Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee.
Anita Bush: Offering Forbearance Under the CARES Act – A New Reality for Mortgage Servicers
While the number of new forbearance requests is declining, many servicers may still be working with forbearance borrowers for the rest of this year and into 2021. Here’s what servicers can do to handle this new reality.
CFPB Issues Interpretive Rule on Determining Underserved Areas; Final Rule on Loss Mitigation Options for Homeowners with COVID-Related Hardships
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule to provide guidance to creditors and other persons involved in the mortgage origination process about the way in which the Bureau determines which counties qualify as “underserved” for a given calendar year.
Richard Ferguson: Preserving Down Payment Options in a Disruptive Market
There is no downplaying the destruction the COVID-19 pandemic has had on our economy and the financial lives of millions of Americans. But it is also threatening the up-and-coming generation of home buyers, particularly minorities.
MBA, Trade Groups Oppose ‘Fundamentally Flawed’ California COVID Relief Bill
The Mortgage Bankers Association and nearly two dozen other industry trade groups sent a letter this week to California legislators, strongly opposing as “fundamentally flawed” and “disruptive” a broad-brush bill aimed at assisting state residents experiencing financial difficulties amid the coronavirus pandemic.
FHA, CFPB Issue New Guidance on Forbearance
The Federal Housing Administration and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced new policies to assist mortgage borrowers impacted by the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
MBA Vice Chair Kristy Fercho Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Industry’s COVID-19 Response
Mortgage Bankers Association Vice Chair Kristy Fercho testified Friday before a House subcommittee on the real estate finance industry’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying mortgage servicers adapted to changing customer needs quickly and asking Congress to give the industry additional flexibility to address evolving market conditions.
MBA Outlines Industry Priorities for Next COVID-19 Relief Package
The House has its wish-list for the next round of relief stemming from the coronavirus pandemic—a $3 trillion package that has no chance of passing into law. The Senate is working on its own version—which also has no chance of passing. To help Congress out, the Mortgage Bankers Association provided House and Senate leadership with its legislative priorities for the next relief package.