04.07.20
March Compliance Recap: RON Updates, Lender Letter 2020-03 and More
March was a tumultuous month for all of us, as everyone across industries and even continents attempted to establish a new normal amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
03.12.20
February Compliance Recap: Roadmap to LIBOR Retirement
February brought the first major regulatory changes with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rolling out new the ARM regulations alluded to late last year. The GSEs announced plans for the gradual elimination (and replacement) of their ARM programs, which use LIBOR as the index for setting the adjustable interest rate. We have been working quickly to update documents but expect to see more changes and will alert you as more information becomes available.
02.06.20
January Compliance Recap: State Document Updates
This month’s changes were geared mainly toward document updates. In this post, you’ll find links to some of the work our experts were engaged in last month to keep our clients up to date and fully compliant. We bring you all the news in this month’s compliance update.
01.16.20
The Fate of the QM Patch
How can mortgage lenders best navigate the fine line between reducing the risk of lending to highly leveraged borrowers and making homeownership available to more people? Over the decades, the pendulum has swung between tight lending standards that are safer (but more restrictive) and looser standards intended to help first-time homebuyers, lower income borrowers, or those with student loan debt.
12.12.19
November Compliance Roundup: Laying the Foundation for 2020
November was a relatively quiet month on the rules side, with only a couple of states making any changes of note. However, Fannie Mae is previewing its plans for early 2020, and between URLA and new ARM products, we expect to see several significant new regulations in the first quarter of the year. November was busy on the document update side, however.
11.15.19
Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Show Recap
MBA’s annual convention is the largest and most content-packed mortgage industry conferences of the year. This year’s event in Austin, Texas, was no exception.
For those of you who may have missed the conference, key themes were eClosing and the increasing the acceptance of eNotes, economic trends and secondary market issues.
10.04.19
September Compliance Roundup: Taxpayer First Act, Md. Code Regs. 09.03.06 and Document Changes
September was a relatively quiet month from a rulemaking perspective. Only one state made changes to its regulations during the month that went beyond document changes. We saw nothing new from government agencies or investors.
We did make a few changes to our document library in September. Details are below. Remember that you will always be up to date, up to the minute, by following the posts in our compliance blog.
09.05.19
August Compliance Roundup - VA Circular 26-19-22, URLA updates delayed, more news.
August saw several changes handed down by various government agencies and investors, along with new state-mandated document changes. The details are here in our monthly compliance update blog post. For updates as they are published, subscribe to our compliance blog.
08.22.19
Compliance News: July Recap
Summertime is a relatively slow time for lawmakers, and with most state governments in recess, we didn’t see any compliance-related changes coming out of the state houses in July. However, July was a surprisingly busy on the federal and investor compliance front. From changes at the GSEs to IRS and Social Security updates, lenders will need to account for new processes.