On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it will end the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program on May 1, 2025. This decision comes just shy of one year since the program’s...more
4/8/2025
/ Affordable Housing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreclosure ,
Housing Market ,
Loans ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Mortgages ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Veterans
On January 18, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released an updated version of its Mortgage Servicing Examination Manual. As the CFPB described in a corresponding blog post, the manual outlines “the types...more
Now that the pandemic’s “social distancing” is lessening, we hope you are all able to gather with friends and family this Thanksgiving. As we do the same, we wanted to count our blessings as we review the year. This year, we...more
11/29/2021
/ CARES Act ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Debt Collectors ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Foreclosure ,
GLBA Privacy ,
HMDA ,
Loan Servicer ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Moratorium ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgage Servicing Rules ,
NPRM ,
OCC ,
Regulation F
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. The polling covers hot topics, including forbearances, deferrals, HUD loss mitigation...more
With the release of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s COVID-19 mortgage servicing final rule and an August 31, 2021, effective date that will be here before we know it, the race is on for servicers to digest the...more
6/30/2021
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Evasion ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreclosure ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Moratorium ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Regulation X
On June 28 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its much-anticipated mortgage servicing final rule related to COVID-19. This rulemaking amends Regulation X and, as expected, largely tracks the proposal that...more
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. The polling covers hot topics, including forbearances, deferrals, HUD loss mitigation...more
5/6/2021
/ Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reports ,
Deferral Standard ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
HUD ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Notarization ,
Polling ,
State and Local Government
On April 5, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a proposal to amend the existing loss mitigation rules in Regulation X. As stated in the Bureau’s press release, the proposal is designed to “help prevent...more
The March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) contains a number of provisions that help borrowers with federally backed mortgage loans. Among these are forbearance protections for borrowers...more
1/5/2021
/ CARES Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Fannie Mae ,
FHFA ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Freddie Mac ,
Moratorium ,
Multi-Family Housing ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Single Family Housing ,
USDA
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. This report is intended to show industry trends, not facts, and does not necessarily...more
12/23/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reports ,
Creditors ,
Debtors ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Loan Servicing ,
Loans ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Notarization ,
Polling ,
State and Local Government ,
Tax Deferral
Oh what a year it has been in the mortgage servicing world! In 2020, our COVID-19 Compliance Roundtable met weekly to discuss emerging compliance issues under the CARES Act, federal agency guidance, state laws and orders, and...more
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables...
The polling results included in this report are the anonymous responses of...more
12/2/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reports ,
Creditors ,
Debtors ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Loan Servicing ,
Loans ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgage Servicing Rules ,
Mortgages ,
Polling ,
State and Local Government ,
Tax Deferral
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. This report is intended to show industry trends, not facts, and does not necessarily...more
9/9/2020
/ Borrowers ,
CARES Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Deferral Standard ,
Escrow Agreements ,
Financial Distress ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
GSE ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Mortgages ,
Third Party Purchaser (TPP)
On March 31, 2020, the CFPB posted a “Guide to coronavirus mortgage relief options,” which provides instruction to mortgage loan borrowers who may be impacted by COVID-19 on when and how to go about obtaining assistance....more
4/2/2020
/ CARES Act ,
CFPB Bulletins ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Loan Servicing ,
Moratorium ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Proposed Rules ,
Relief Measures ,
Tenants