A mortgage loan repurchase facility (more casually referred to as a “repo”) is a financing structure commonly utilized to finance mortgage loans. These facilities are utilized by both residential and commercial mortgage loan...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently issued two final rules aimed at bolstering the Qualified Mortgage (“QMs”) market. The first final rule amends the general eligibility category of QMs (“General QMs”)...more
1/14/2021
/ Ability-to-Repay ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Fannie Mae ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Freddie Mac ,
GSE ,
Mortgage Reform ,
Mortgages ,
Qualified Mortgage Rule ,
Regulation Z
Fintech has been changing the process of buying a residential home for years, but the pandemic has boosted the speed of change into hyperdrive. While some of these innovations may not be required after shutdowns are eased and...more
11/17/2020
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
HELOC ,
Housing Market ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Innovative Technology ,
Mortgages ,
Popular ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Trulia ,
Zillow
It's official. Risk retention became effective for residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) on December 24, 2015. Since the final rules (the “Rules”) were issued, there has been a lot of talk throughout the broader...more
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency, and...more
10/29/2014
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Compliance ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FHFA ,
HUD ,
Mortgage-Backed Securities ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Risk Retention ,
RMBS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Loan originators, their advisors and service providers are moving rapidly to achieve compliance by January 10, 2014 with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“Bureau’s”) new rule, which generally imposes an affirmative...more
Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and Mark Warner (D-VA) have introduced a bi-partisan bill to reform the U.S. housing finance market. Entitled the “Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013” (the “Reform Bill” or...more
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) has released a proposal (the "Proposal") to amend the Bureau's recently issued final rules (the “Rules”) on the definition of a qualified mortgage (“QM”) and the...more
Congress in the Dodd-Frank Act responded to concerns about the quality of mortgage loans by establishing incentives for lenders to seek to ensure that borrowers had the ability to repay mortgage loans made to them. In...more
1/16/2013
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Borrowers ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Damages ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Foreclosure ,
Lenders ,
Loans ,
Mortgages ,
Penalties ,
Qualified Mortgage Rule ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Safe Harbors ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
The U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) recently issued a report that reviewed the implementation of Treasury guidelines for streamlining distressed homeowners’ communications with mortgage lenders. The Treasury...more