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CFPB Hits Private Insurer with $100K Fine

Republic Mortgage Insurance Corporation (RMIC) faces a $100,000 fine and enhanced supervision by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for allegedly offering illegal kickbacks to lenders in the form of captive reinsurance policies in exchange for business referrals, according to an announcement from the CFPB. Such activities violate federal consumer laws and have become a target area for the bureau.

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LoanLogics Receives $11.2M to Fund Continued Growth

LoanLogics, a company specializing in loan quality management and performance analytics technologies for the mortgage industry, announced it has raised $11.2 million in funding from growth equity firm Volition Capital and existing investors. The capital infusion will be used to continue the company's national expansion and to enhance its Enterprise Loan Quality Management System.

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Analysts Consider How Ability-to-Repay and QM Impact RMBS Losses

As lenders prepare to adopt the Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgage (QM) rules in January, so too are ratings agencies preparing for these new rules. Fitch Ratings released a report revealing its expectations for how the rules will impact future loss severities on residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). Overall, Fitch expects the rules to result in greater underwriting uniformity and enhanced due diligence, with 100 percent of reviews completed on all QM and higher-priced QM loans.

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Castle & Cooke Penalized for Steering Consumers to Costlier Mortgages

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has investigated Castle & Cooke Mortgage, LLC, and on Thursday, announced a proposed consent order in its enforcement action. Castle & Cooke allegedly steered consumers into mortgages that were unnecessarily costly, and paid loan officers illegal quarterly bonuses based on the interest rate of the loans they offered to borrowers.

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Report: Market Will Prosper Under Ability-to-Repay, QM Rules

Today's resilient capital market has the capacity to adapt readily to the pending Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgage (QM) rules set to take effect January 10, 2014, according to a white paper issued by CoreLogic. The paper titled, ATR/QM Standards: Foundation for a Sound Housing Market, provides an overview of the rules themselves and examines their possible impact on the market.

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CFPB Offers Additional Guidance on Mortgage Servicing Rules

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a bulletin and interim final rule Tuesday to provide greater clarity to the market concerning mortgage servicing rules that take effect in January 2014. The clarifications address contact with delinquent borrowers, communications with family members after a borrower dies, and treatment of consumers who have filed for bankruptcy.

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GSEs Update Servicing Guidelines to Prepare for CFPB Rules

As the industry prepares to comply with the January implementation of new rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac updated their servicing guides to bring GSE standards in line with the new regulations. Among the guideline changes, servicers are prohibited from mentioning foreclosure earlier than 121 days into delinquency.

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Security Bank of California Appoints Chief Compliance Officer

Security California Bancorp, the holding company for Security Bank of California headquartered in Riverside, announced the appointment of Dolly L. Nugent as SVP and chief compliance officer. She is also a member of the bank's strategy and planning committee and oversees its Bank Secrecy Act Program.

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NDeX Transitions to Regulatory IT with Launch of assure360

A new technology company has launched in Michigan with the goal of providing world-class information technology (IT) services to highly regulated industries nationwide. Founded by what used to be the IT staff at National Default Exchange (NDeX), assured360 fully owns and operates two geographically diverse Tier 3 data centers: one in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and the other in Carrollton, Texas.

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FHA to Take First Ever Bailout

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will be accepting a bailout of more than $1 billion to make up for losses sustained from the agency's legacy books and its reverse mortgage program. Following reports last week that FHA's financial situation would require a Treasury draw in the neighborhood of the Obama administration's $943 million forecast, Commissioner Carol Galante revealed in a letter to the Senate Banking Committee that the agency is taking an appropriation of approximately $1.7 billion.

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