In its February 2021 Bulletin, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) reminds licensed mortgage loan servicers that DFPI examinations will include processes to determine compliance with state and federal laws providing consumer protections with regard to COVID-19-related foreclosures. The DFPI notes that these laws “include provisions allowing for forbearance of mortgage
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The CFPB’s final collections rule: mortgage servicing provisions and impacts
By Reid F. Herlihy on
On November 13, 2020, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET, we will present a webinar on the CFPB’s final collection rule. Click here for more information and to register.
The CFPB’s debt collection final rule will significantly impact the operations of mortgage servicers. Not surprisingly, the CFPB declined to generally exempt mortgage servicers from…
CFPB Summer 2019 Supervisory Highlights looks at GAP products, credit card practices, debt collection, furnishing to consumer reporting agencies, reverse mortgages
The CFPB has released the Summer 2019 edition of its Supervisory Highlights. The report discusses the Bureau’s examination findings in the areas of automobile loan originations, credit card account management, debt collection, furnishing, and mortgage originations.
Key findings include the following:
Auto loan originations. Auto lenders were found to have engaged in an abusive…
Mortgage-specific provisions in the CFPB’s proposed debt collection rules
By Reid F. Herlihy on
Continuing our coverage of the CFPB’s proposed debt collection rules, this blog post will focus on a few provisions that pertain specifically to mortgage servicers.
In part, the proposal continues the CFPB’s efforts to harmonize mortgage servicing regulation (which generally promotes communication with consumers) and debt collection regulation (which generally restricts communication with consumers). …
This week’s podcast: A close look at the CFPB’s mortgage loan servicing exam findings in Winter 2018 Supervisory Highlights
By Barbara S. Mishkin on
Mortgage servicing continues to be a CFPB supervisory focus. In this week’s podcast, we take a close look at the CFPB’s findings involving late fees, PMI cancellation requests, handling of loss mitigation applications, and notices to successors of deceased reverse mortgage borrowers regarding foreclosure avoidance, share observations on what the findings indicate about the CPPB’s…
Ginnie Mae considering non-bank safety and soundness standards
By Richard J. Andreano, Jr. on
Posted in Mortgages, Regulatory and Enforcement
According to a Financial Times report, Ginnie Mae is considering proposals that would create federal safety and soundness standards for non-bank mortgage lenders that are similar to those that apply to banks. More specifically, the report cites comments made by Maren Kasper, Ginnie Mae’s acting president, that the proposals would provide for stress testing to…
CFPB issues report on servicemember first-time homebuyer mortgage loans
By John L. Culhane, Jr. & Anthony C. Kaye on
The CFPB has issued a report, “Mortgages to First-time Homebuying Servicemembers,” that focuses on mortgage loans made from 2006 to 2016 to first-time homebuyers who are serving in the military or are veterans. In its press release, the Bureau states that the report represents “the first time researchers have been able to…
CFPB Publishes Informal Guidance on the TRID Rule
By Pavitra Bacon on
For years, the mortgage industry has urged the CFPB to issue informal written guidance on the TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) Rule, as well as other rules. The CFPB resisted, providing most guidance in the form of actual rules, webinars or oral statements. The industry believed that it would be a cold day in Hades if…
Treasury’s fintech report recommends changes directed at mortgages
By Reid F. Herlihy on
A portion of the Treasury’s report entitled “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities, Nonbank Financials, Fintech, and Innovation” focuses on the mortgage industry. A detailed discussion of the Treasury’s mortgage-related findings and recommendations is available here.
We have previously blogged about the portion of the Treasury report that focuses on payments and have…
House Financial Services Committee passes bills to enhance sharing of information about bank vendors by regulators; create financial technology task force; amend TILA “points and fees” definition
By Barbara S. Mishkin on
Yesterday, the three bills described below were passed by the House Financial Services Committee. The first two bills were passed by unanimous votes and the third bill was passed by a vote of 34-22.
- The “Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2017,” (H.R. 3626), which amends the Bank Service Company Act
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