Monday, January 9, 2012

Servicers To Face Fines and Penalties; Is Underwriting Too Tight?

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Jan 9, 2012 11:30AM

Fed's Raskin: Servicers To Face Fines and Penalties

Federal Reserve Board Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin told a law school group on Friday that the judicial morass arising out of the mortgage crisis , "reflects profound and pervasive misconduct in mortgage servicing . It also calls for timely public enforcement." And, Raskin made clear, this enforcement will ultimately involve monetary penalties against the parties who engaged in that misconduct. Raskin, speaking to at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting on Creating and Implementing...

Jan 9, 2012 1:32PM

Housing Survey Notes Improving Attitudes

Americans are feeling better about the economy according to results from Fannie Mae's December Housing Survey released by the company this morning. Consumer sentiment, while still very low, improved during the last months of 2011 and the number of Americans who say the economy is on the right track has risen 6 percentage points since November. While the number who gave the "wrong track" answer was down 6 percent as well, 69 percent of respondents still feel that the direction of the country is negative...


Micro News

3:27 PM:

MBS Trying to Fight Off a Case of The Monday's After Hours

3:17 PM:

ECON: Stronger Than Expected Consumer Credit

10:57 AM:

MBS Hit Highs Of The Day. Activity Increasing in "Lower Coupons."

10:29 AM:

NAHB: List of Improving Housing Markets Nearly Doubles in January

10:06 AM:

Fannie Mae: Consumer Attitudes Improve in December

9:57 AM:

Freddie Mac to Launch Free Multifamily Investment Monitoring Tool

9:53 AM:

Fed's Raskin: Fed Will Fine Mortgage Servicers

9:46 AM:

CoreLogic: November Home Prices Down 1.4%, Fourth Consecutive Month

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Today's Comments

Michael Kelleher

"Great post! Well informed."

Frank Ceizyk

"Another product of the never ending culture of blame--govt blames mortgage industry for economic calamity, we blame govt for forcing us to lend money to..."

Frank Ceizyk

"President Obama is simply taking the path of least resistance--without any unified or organized leadership providing a loudly proclaimed consumer protection..."

Today's Q&A

"What are the rates for 15 yr fixed "

"Should I pay down 1st mortgage (4.875%) or HELOC (2.25%) first?"

"When is a payment considered "late" and reported to the credit agencies?"