Advocacy
CHLA Commends FHFA Director Calabria for delay in GSE adverse market fee
CHLA issued the linked press statement strongly commending FHFA Director Calabria for delaying until December 1st the effective date for the new 50 basis points GSE adverse market fee
CHLA Joins Other Groups in Letter to FHA to Eliminate Indemnification Penalties for New Loans with Forbearance
CHLA, along with consumer groups and other trade groups, sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, asked FHA to eliminate its recently adopted 20% 1st loss indemnification penalty on properly underwritten loans that go into forbearance prior to being insured by FHA.
CHLA Asks Federal Mortgage Officials to Facilitate Refis to Borrowers with Forbearance that Regain their Jobs
CHLA today sent a letter to top federal mortgage officials, asking them to be flexible in allowing refinancing loans to borrowers that regain their jobs after going into forbearance – without imposing higher fees – as an alternative to a partial claim to deal with the missed payments. The model is the post-2008 GSE HARP program, except the exemption would be for recently missed payments
INSIDE mortgage finance: CHLA, other groups weigh in on gse financial requirements
An Inside Mortgage Finance article about FHFA’s Listening Session on proposed increases in GSE seller/servicer financial requirements highlights CHLA’s presentation by Taylor Stork (Developers Mortgage)
National Mortgage news: Margin call requirement in FHFA proposal draws concern
A National Mortgage News story quotes Taylor Stork of Developers Mortgage highlighting CHLA’s call to exempt all smaller seller/servicers from FHFA’s proposed 2% TBA hedging
HOUSING WIRE: FHFA gets blowback on proposed liquidity requirements
A Housing Wire article on the FHFA Listening Session on GSE seller/servicer financial requirement cites CHLA Exec. Dir. Scott Olson pointing out that the 2%