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Mortgage Compliance

Chase Showed “Reckless Disregard” for the Rights of Minority Borrowers

The DOJ strikes again. JPMorgan Chase is paying $55 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of discrimination in their mortgage lending practices. (DOJ Fine) According to the complaint filed by the US Department of Justice, Chase allowed Brokers originating loans for them to charge minority borrowers higher rates than rates charged to white borrowers. Chase did not directly charge…

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Mortgage Industry Trends

Home Builders Are Changing Course

Home Builders may be bucking the old adage to not change horses in the middle of a stream. With the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Millennials’ entry in home ownership, builders are once again courting good old Baby Boomers. The number of 55 and older homebuyers continues to increase. These are home buyers that have homeownership experience, stable income, assets and equity…

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Mortgage Loan Quality

What’s Your Defect Management Plan of Action?

Over the past few years, lenders should have realized the importance of the quality of the loans they originate and why these need to be done in compliance with all the rules. We’ve seen that lenders originating large volumes of poor quality loans are susceptible to huge fines, loan indemnifications, and repurchases. In some cases, such lenders have originated themselves…

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Mortgage Compliance

FHA Price Cut…What FHA Price Cut?

In case you haven’t heard, President Trump officially suspended the reduction in the annual FHA premium previously announced by FHA. With the stroke of a pen, Mr. Trump made one of his first official presidential acts to officially suspend the rate cut indefinitely. This action has caused quite a stir in the housing and mortgage communities. Some say it is…

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Mortgage Compliance

Are You a Five Star Complaint?

In case you weren’t aware (and you should be), the CFPB is at it again. This time they propose to institute a system to allow consumers to rate the service they received from lenders when handling their complaints. (Complaints) Once the complaint is closed, the consumer could rate the lender with a score of 1 to 5 (1 being the…

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