Late last year it was reported that the CFPB pumped up the number of enforcement attorneys on staff by double digits, ten percent. As typically happens with a new presidential administration, there’s been a new attitude in Washington toward the housing market. And there’s been no shortage of their presence since the change of guard. Last week, the CFPB…
In April, Fannie Mae® launched a new series of articles dedicated to helping their sellers strengthen their core quality control (QC) governance plans. The first installment covered the importance of a well-defined and thorough Fannie Mae QC Plan. In it, they laid out eight common gaps frequently missing in QC plans they audit. Below I share all eight and how…
In less than two months, on March 19th, desktop appraisals will officially transition from a 2020 covid flexibility to a long-term reality for some GSE products. As a result, the Post-Closing QC appraisal field review for many conventional loans is no longer required. Replacing the field review requirement on 10% of conventional loans in Post-Closing QC samples, is a Collateral…
Welcome back to part two of our recap covering LoanLogics’ participation in the 2021 RMQA panel discussion*, “Approaches to Ensuring Loan Quality to Minimize Repurchase Risk”, the title of this post. When we left off in our last post, we discussed how defects and repurchases are on the rise, further snowballing from a shift to a purchase market, skills and…
It’s likely you have heard by now, that the CFPB has finally reversed its 2020 decision to temporarily allow certain lenders to forgo quarterly reporting for HMDA. This announcement comes one year after the CFPB initially offered the flexibility in response to the burgeoning concerns and unknowns at the onset of the pandemic. All reporting financial institutions (FIs) will be…
I’ve enjoyed writing the “Hey Boomer” blog series on b-Logics this year, which looked back at the way loan quality control (QC) was once managed in the mortgage industry and how its evolved. For my last post of the series, this will be the fifth and final, I’m diving back into defects. Recent industry volume got me thinking about…
