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.
FinCEN updates guidance for financial institutions on sharing information about fraud
FinCEN issued an updated fact sheet to clarify how financial institutions can share information with each other about suspected fraud under the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.








