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CFPB bans RMK Financial Corporation from mortgage lending industry

Housing Wire

RMK Financial Corporation , which does business as Majestic Home Loans , has been permanently banned by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from the mortgage lending industry following a series of repeat offenses — which occurred despite the CFPB’s law enforcement order issued in 2015. government.

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FSOC recommends more regulation and liquidity for nonbank servicers

Housing Wire

But shocks to the mortgage market can deteriorate borrowers’ income, balance sheets and access to credit, affecting borrowers, government agencies, insurance companies and local governments. “I encourage Congress to remove any legal impediments to information sharing between Ginnie Mae and state regulators.

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Trade groups express concern to FHFA over historic credit data

Housing Wire

Mortgage Insurers — sent a letter on Monday to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to express concerns about the FHFA’s intent to publish the VantageScore 4.0 historical dataset.

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CFPB wants lenders to disclose reason for denial of credit

Housing Wire

The requirement also applies to mortgage lenders, legal experts say. The CFPB, a government watchdog agency, said lenders aren’t absolved from adverse action notice requirements under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act if they use complex algorithms, which Rohit Chopra, the director of the CFPB, has dubbed “black-box models.”.

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Federal agency members voice support for new CRA rules 

Housing Wire

Meanwhile, community-focused trade groups and associations, although feeling that the new rules miss some relevant aspects of fair lending, criticized the judge’s decision. The following day, Martin Gruenberg, chairman at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. This week in Washington, D.C.,

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CFPB spring agenda aims to tackle AVMs, overdraft fees, FCRA and more

Housing Wire

Other measures in the “proposed rule” stage include rulemaking on personal financial data rights; Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing and its interactions with the Truth in Lending Act (TILA); and the supervision of certain, larger nonbank covered participants for compliance with federal consumer financial laws.

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Hours before its IPO fizzled, Guild Mortgage agreed to pay $25M to settle federal lawsuit

Housing Wire

Just before its stock debuted at a disappointing $15 a share, Guild Mortgage settled a federal lawsuit that claimed the lender knowingly breached legal requirements when it originated and underwrote FHA loans. Those loans, originated between 2007 and 2011, defaulted and led to claims to the FHA for mortgage insurance.

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