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Effective December 24, 2015, all securitizations of residential mortgage loans (RMBS), both public and private, will be subject to the Credit Risk Retention Rule (the “Rule”).[1] The Rule was promulgated on December 24, 2014,...more
The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a final rule defining a “qualified mortgage” for single family residential loans that it insures, guarantees or administers. The rule retains the definition of “qualified...more
Largely piggybacking off of the CFPB’s definition of qualified mortgage finalized in January 2013, HUD issued a proposed rule defining qualified mortgages. The rule requires a loan to have regular periodic payments (i.e., no...more
On September 30, HUD issued a proposed rule that would define a Qualified Mortgage (QM) that would be insured, guaranteed or administered by HUD, including single-family forward mortgages insured by FHA. In order to meet...more
This week, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) weighed in on its proposed version of a Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) Qualified Mortgage (“QM”). Although the Consumer Financial...more
As anticipated, HUD recently issued its proposed rule defining a qualified mortgage (QM) for HUD insured and guaranteed single family mortgages. Under the proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on Monday, Title II...more
The Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, SEC, FHFA, and HUD will purportedly soon release for comment a new Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) Rule that may align with the Qualified Mortgage (QM) Rule so that the QRM exemption is...more
In This Presentation: - The Qualified Mortgage (QM) Rule - Small Creditor QM Proposal - The Ability-to-Repay (ATR) Rule: What It Says and What It Means - Liability for Failure to Comply with the ATR and QM...more