The Federal Housing Administration this week announced updates to its Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1 that address servicing and loss mitigation. The updates include a revised loss mitigation home retention “waterfall,” which helps servicers quickly offer effective loss mitigation offers to borrowers, streamlined documentation requirements and a revised structure for certain allowable costs and fees that corresponds with fee structures used by other industry participants.
ABA, associations urge CFPB to rescind changes to adjudication process
ABA joined three associations in voicing support for a CFPB proposal to rescind a set of changes to the bureau’s rules that, among other things, gave its director authority to resolve adjudication hearings overseen by the agency.