Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. The polling covers hot topics, including forbearances, deferrals, HUD loss mitigation...more
Late last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released an interpretive rule that provided much-welcome guidance related to the effect of the new Juneteenth National Independence Day on disclosure waiting...more
8/10/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Biden Administration ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Holidays ,
Interpretive Rule ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID)
With the release of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s COVID-19 mortgage servicing final rule and an August 31, 2021, effective date that will be here before we know it, the race is on for servicers to digest the...more
6/30/2021
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Evasion ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreclosure ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Moratorium ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Regulation X
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. The polling covers hot topics, including forbearances, deferrals, HUD loss mitigation...more
5/6/2021
/ Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reports ,
Deferral Standard ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
HUD ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Notarization ,
Polling ,
State and Local Government
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. This report is intended to show industry trends, not facts, and does not necessarily...more
12/23/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reports ,
Creditors ,
Debtors ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Loan Servicing ,
Loans ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Notarization ,
Polling ,
State and Local Government ,
Tax Deferral
Oh what a year it has been in the mortgage servicing world! In 2020, our COVID-19 Compliance Roundtable met weekly to discuss emerging compliance issues under the CARES Act, federal agency guidance, state laws and orders, and...more
In mid May 2020, we highlighted that the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (GSEs) COVID-19 payment deferral programs put mortgage servicers at risk of violating some of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Mortgage...more
12/11/2020
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Deferral Standard ,
Fannie Mae ,
Freddie Mac ,
GSE ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Relief Measures
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables...
The polling results included in this report are the anonymous responses of...more
12/2/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reports ,
Creditors ,
Debtors ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Loan Servicing ,
Loans ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgage Servicing Rules ,
Mortgages ,
Polling ,
State and Local Government ,
Tax Deferral
On page 8 of the September–October issue, we discussed the COVID-19 forbearance landscape and related compliance challenges for mortgage servicers. In this article, we unpack the post-forbearance world, focusing on the...more
11/6/2020
/ Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Insureds ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investors ,
Loan Modifications ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Repayment Options
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. This report is intended to show industry trends, not facts, and does not necessarily...more
9/9/2020
/ Borrowers ,
CARES Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Deferral Standard ,
Escrow Agreements ,
Financial Distress ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
GSE ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Mortgages ,
Third Party Purchaser (TPP)
On May 14, 2020, shortly after the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac COVID-19 payment deferral options were announced, we warned mortgage servicers about the legal risks associated with offering payment deferral programs to...more
6/24/2020
/ Borrowers ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Fannie Mae ,
Freddie Mac ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Mortgage Bankers Association ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Regulation X
On Wednesday, May 13, 2020, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac unveiled new retention workout options that were jointly developed and “specifically designed to help borrowers impacted by a hardship related to COVID-19 return their...more
In an All Participants Memo dated April 10, 2020 (APM 20-03), Ginnie Mae announced that it revised and expanded its issuer assistance programs in Chapter 34 of the Mortgage Backed Securities Guide (MBS Guide) to include a...more
On March 31, 2020, the CFPB posted a “Guide to coronavirus mortgage relief options,” which provides instruction to mortgage loan borrowers who may be impacted by COVID-19 on when and how to go about obtaining assistance....more
4/2/2020
/ CARES Act ,
CFPB Bulletins ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Loan Servicing ,
Moratorium ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Proposed Rules ,
Relief Measures ,
Tenants
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released new consumer protection and loss mitigation-related principles in an effort to guide mortgage servicers, investors, government housing agencies, and...more
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its proposed amendments to the “Know Before You Owe” mortgage disclosure rule, commonly known as the Truth in Lending Act-Real Estate Settlement Procedures...more
8/3/2016
/ Banking Sector ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Exemptions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Housing Finance Reform ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Loan Originators ,
Mortgages ,
Nonprofits ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID)
In January 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a series of new rules affecting the mortgage industry. These rules touch upon a wide variety of areas, including originations, appraisals, and servicing....more