FHFA: Fannie, Freddie G-Fees Will Remain at Current Levels
The guarantee fees that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge will remain at current levels with “modest adjustments,” the Federal...
Mortgage
CFPB Issues Guidance on Housing Counseling Disclosure
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today issued an interpretive rule intended to help lenders comply with the requirement in its...
House Passes ABA-Backed Points and Fees Bill
By a bipartisan 286-140 vote, the House today passed H.R. 685, a bill introduced by Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) that...
OCC Updates Guidance on RESPA Compliance
The OCC today updated its Comptroller’s Handbook guidance on complying with the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and Regulation X.
CFPB Releases Customer Guide to Accompany TILA-RESPA Forms
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday released a new toolkit to “help consumers take full advantage of the new Loan...
ABA Welcomes Proposed Rules for Small Creditors, Suggests Tweaks
ABA on Monday welcomed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed changes -- many previously advocated by ABA -- that will...
OCC: Mortgage Performance Continues Improving
Some 93.2 percent of mortgages were current and performing at the end of 2014, up slightly from 93 percent in...
ABA Endorses Digital Reverse Mortgage Platforms from Reverse Mortgage Funding
Through its Corporation for American Banking subsidiary, ABA today endorsed the reverse mortgage program from Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC.
ABA, Groups Urge Congress Not to Fund Eminent Domain Seizures
ABA and several trade groups wrote to congressional appropriators on Friday urging them to maintain the prohibition on federal funds...
