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Mortgage Compliance

Are You Safe From an FCA Action?

Ask lenders – and just about all will tell you they do their business the right way. If so, they shouldn’t need to worry about any action from the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the False Claims Act (FCA). Right? With everyone supposedly doing business the right way, why does the DOJ keep finding lenders that violate the rules? Could…

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And It’s Non-Bank Lenders By a Nose

It’s official (as if we didn’t know), according to the 2016 HMDA data, non-bank lenders made more mortgage loans than their bank counterparts. For the first time since way back in 1995, the non-depository lending institutions closed more purchase and refinance mortgage loans. You’ve come a long way, baby. Some interesting facts realized from the 2016 HMDA information are: 53%…

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Mortgage Compliance

IRS To Validate Income and Identity?

What do Equifax and the IRS have in common? They both house tons of consumer personal data. Equifax got hacked. Could the same happen to the IRS? Some regulators are saying no and pushing for the IRS to get more heavily involved in the data verification game. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) introduced legislation aimed at fast-tracking the IRS’s capability to…

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Mortgage Compliance

Are Reverifications Required Under D1C?

It seems like a simple question. According to Fannie Mae Quality Control guidelines, a lender need not reverify or recalculate, as applicable, information that is validated by Fannie’s Desktop Underwriter (DU), under their Day 1 Certainty Program. This includes the qualifying information for employment, income, and assets for each borrower. When a lender receives the validation of data from DU,…

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