CFPB, CSBS and FHA remind the industry of forbearance guidelines
June 8, 2020
In today’s Daily Download episode, HousingWire Digital Producer Alcynna Lloyd covers a joint statement from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Conference of State Bank Supervisors.
For some background on the story, here’s a summary of the article:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Conference of State Bank Supervisors have issued a joint statement regarding forbearance as it relates to the CARES Act.
The three-page statement defines protections for borrowers with federally backed mortgages. Under the terms of the guidance, servicers must grant forbearance after receiving a request from a borrower citing financial hardship caused by the COVID–19 emergency.
While servicers cannot request information supporting the need for forbearance, the new joint statement declared they could “work with the borrower to better understand the borrower’s situation so long as (i) borrowers are not misled about the requirements of, or dissuaded from proceeding with, a CARES Act forbearance if they have a COVID-related hardship and (ii) any information obtained from the borrower has no bearing on the servicer’s provision of a CARES Act forbearance.”
Following the main story, HousingWire discusses a report from Black Knight that claims the number of mortgages in forbearance declined last week for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Federal Housing Administration’s temporary policy change that is designed to offer guidance for lenders on how to obtain FHA insurance endorsements on mortgages where the borrower either obtained or requested a COVID-19 forbearance.
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