The new Ginnie Mae issuer financial requirements, first published on August 17, 2022 in APM 22-09 by joint announcement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, are scheduled to take effect in two parts beginning September...more
On April 5, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) proposed amendments to Regulation X with the effect of preventing foreclosure on certain residential mortgage loans until January 1, 2022. With a proposed...more
A proposed piece of COVID-19 relief legislation could have major implications for California lenders and servicers, particularly in the mortgage lending industry, if passed into law. The assembly bill, entitled “COVID-19...more
On Thursday April 30, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board released a new revised term sheet for the Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility (“PPPLF”). Under the facility, the Federal Reserve...more
The Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) guarantees loans from qualified lenders to small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic so that those businesses can keep workers employed....more
Responding to pressure from industry groups and members of Congress, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on April 21, 2020 that servicers of Freddie and Fannie mortgage loans will only be required to advance...more
On Thursday April 16, Sheppard Mullin submitted comments to the Federal Reserve about its terms sheets for the $600 Billion Main Street Loan Program. These comments raise and explore numerous important questions that the Fed...more
On April 9, 2020, the Federal Reserve issued an updated term sheet for the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (“TALF”). Under TALF, the Federal Reserve will make an equity investment of $10 billion in a special...more
The announcement last week by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and other agencies that they will provide mortgage loan forbearance arrangements for up to 6 months, subject to an extension of an additional 6 months, directly impacts...more
In order to properly address the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on today’s capital markets, the Structured Finance Association (“SFA”) is urging the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Department of...more
In 2018, securitization provided an estimated $13.1 trillion in financing. Contrast that with the US $10.24 trillion issued at the end of the 2nd quarter of 2008, and we can see that the securitization market is back....more
There has been a resurgence and renewed vigor in the new economy securitization market, particularly on the U.S. west coast which has become the hub of FinTech activity. We’re exploring this changing landscape of the...more
Where do marketplace lenders and secondary loan market participants find themselves on the issue of preemption of state usury laws after the June 27 denial of the petition for a writ of certiorari in Madden v. Midland by the...more
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In Yvanova v. New Century Mortgage Corporation et al, the Supreme Court of California reversed the Court of Appeal’s ruling, and held that a borrower plaintiff who has been subject to a nonjudicial foreclosure has standing to...more