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HUD updates consultant fees for its mortgage insurance program

On July 9, HUD released Mortgagee Letter 2024-13 which revised Section 203(k) of the Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance Program and specifically updated the 203(k) Consultant Requirements and Fees among other changes. The FHA...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

HUD sued for allegedly failing to refund mortgage insurance premiums for early-terminated FHA-insured mortgages

On March 12, a putative class action complaint was filed against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for allegedly denying homeowners their Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) refunds upon the early termination...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Seventh Circuit Requires Proof in FCA Suits That False Statement in Mortgage Insurance Application Caused Subsequent Default

In its June 14, 2023, decision in United States ex rel. Michelle Calderon v. Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, No. 22-1553, 2023 WL 3991013, (7th Cir. 2023), the Seventh Circuit explained the high bar for relators to prove...more

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FHA reduces mortgage insurance premiums to improve home affordability

On February 22, FHA announced a 30 basis point reduction in the annual premium charged to mortgage borrowers, resulting in mortgage insurance premiums of 0.55 percent for most borrowers seeking FHA-insured mortgages (down...more

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HUD Announces 30 Basis Point Reduction in Annual FHA Mortgage Insurance Premium

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HUD recently announced a reduction to the annual mortgage insurance premium charged to borrowers with FHA-insured loans. HUD estimates that the reduction will save FHA borrowers on average $800 annually. HUD also released...more

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FHFA and HUD Extend Foreclosure Moratoriums – Fannie and Freddie Provide Guidance Regarding Termination of Mortgage Insurance

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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on December 2, 2020, the extension of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac moratorium on single-family foreclosures from December 31, 2020, to January 31, 2021. The moratorium on...more

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HUD Issues Procedures for Endorsement of Mortgages in a COVID-19 Forbearance

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On June 4, 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued Mortgagee Letter 2020-16 to address the endorsement for FHA insurance of mortgage loans in a COVID-19 forbearance. ...more

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HUD and DOJ Signal Easing of FCA Enforcement in FHA Residential Mortgage Lending Through Interagency Memorandum

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On October 28, 2019 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) announcing their joint approach to False Claims Act (FCA)...more

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Senior Living: HUD 232 Program as an Alternative to Traditional Bond Financing

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Senior living providers long have considered the bond market to be a primary vehicle for financing. However, not all transactions are a good fit for tax-exempt bonds. State law issuer considerations, transaction and borrower...more

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Residential PACE Market Faces a New Hurdle

Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financings are an alternative financing tool used to finance energy efficiency upgrades or renewable energy projects in residential, commercial and industrial properties. PACE financings...more

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HUD rolls back PACE financing in single family FHA deals

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In July 2016 HUD issued guidance on the use of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) assessments for single family properties with FHA-insured mortgages. In January 2017, HUD followed with guidance on the use of PACE...more

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Jury Issues $92 Million Verdict Under the False Claims Act Against Mortgage Companies and CEO

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On November 30, 2016, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas announced that a federal jury in the Southern District of Texas issued a verdict finding several related mortgage companies and their CEO liable in...more

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D.C. Circuit Holds CFPB Unconstitutionally Structured' and Overturns PHH Penalty

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Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its much-anticipated decision in PHH Corp. v. CFPB, No. 15-1177 (D.C. Cir., Oct. 11, 2016). In its 110-page decision, the three-judge panel deemed the Consumer...more

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CFPB Deputy Enforcement Director mum on whether CFPB will seek further review of PHH decision

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During the “Developments at the CFPB” panel this morning at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Consumer Financial Services & Banking Law Update program in Philadelphia, Jeffrey Ehrlich, the CFPB’s Deputy Enforcement Director,...more

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What the D.C. Circuit’s PHH decision means for CFPB rulemaking

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In its decision last week in PHH Corporation v. CFPB, the D.C. Circuit ruled that the CFPB’s single-director-removable-only-for-cause structure is unconstitutional. While the D.C. Circuit (in footnote 19) noted that it “need...more

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Beyond the Constitutionality of the CFPB: D.C. Circuit Decision Limits Scope of Fines and Enforcement Actions

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Action Item: Financial institutions currently subject to CFPB enforcement proceedings should be aware of the D.C. Circuit’s decision ruling that the CFPB cannot (i) circumvent applicable statutes of limitation in the context...more

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D.C. Circuit Holds Structure of CFPB Unconstitutional, Vacates $109 Million Fine Arising out of Mortgage Lender’s “Captive...

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On Tuesday the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued what is already being touted as a landmark ruling in PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, No. 15-1177, 2016 WL 5898801 (D.C. Cir. Oct. 11, 2016), holding in a...more

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CFPB Hit by Major Setback in D.C. Circuit

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In a decision eagerly awaited by the financial services industry, the D.C. Circuit this week handed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) a major defeat, throwing out a mortgage lender’s $109 million disgorgement...more

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D.C. Circuit Rules CFPB’s Structure Unconstitutional

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In a news-making decision with significant political implications, but probably limited near-term business or legal effects, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held on Tuesday, October 11,...more

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“Not A Close Call”: The D.C. Circuit Restores The Safe Harbor To Section 8 of RESPA

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Noting that “[t]he basic statutory question in this case is not a close call,” the D.C. Circuit has held that a bona fide payment by one settlement service provider to another does not violate Section 8(a) of the Real Estate...more

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D.C. Circuit Brings CFPB under Presidential Control

On October 11, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited opinion in PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in which the Court held that the structure of the Consumer...more

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Leadership Structure of CFPB Ruled Unconstitutional

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The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its ruling in PHH Corporation v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday and determined that the single-director structure of the CFPB...more

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Key Consumer Finance Takeaways from the DC Circuit’s PHH Decision

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On October 11, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a highly-anticipated decision in PHH Corporation, et al., v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that has far reaching...more

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A Truckload of Trouble for the CFPB

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Within days after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau started operations, a truckload of boxes from the Department of Housing and Urban Development arrived at the CFPB Office of Enforcement. The boxes held evidence from...more

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D.C. Circuit Holds CFPB Structure Unconstitutional, Interpretation of RESPA Not Entitled to Deference

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The D.C. Circuit yesterday issued its long-awaited decision in PHH Corporation v. CFPB. In reversing the decision of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Cordray to impose an enhanced penalty of $109 million...more

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