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FHFA extends certain rep and warrants to pandemic-related forbearance loans

Housing Wire

“I am announcing today that we have directed the Enterprises to extend their rep & warrant policies for loans affected by natural disasters to cover mortgages that have successfully exited a COVID-19 forbearance plan,” FHFA director Sandra Thompson said during the MBA Annual 2023, a conference held Oct. 14-17 in Philadelphia.

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AIME’s CEO Katie Sweeney to step down and take helm of Broker Action Coalition

Housing Wire

To focus exclusively on public policy advocacy and political activities on behalf of the industry, Sweeney will be stepping down as Chairman and CEO of AIME on March 31, 2024, to become the co-founder and CEO of BAC. In December 2023, a coalition of bipartisan lawmakers in the Senate introduced Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (S.3502)

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CFPB reverses pandemic flexibilities, vowing enforcement

Housing Wire

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Wednesday it is rescinding seven of its temporary policies put in place to protect consumers during the pandemic. Our actions today are temporary and targeted to support consumers by allowing financial companies to focus their resources on assisting consumers.”.

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Remote online notarization is the proper path forward for digital closings

Housing Wire

Earlier this year, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac modified their Seller Guides and provided guidance on several policy areas to support mortgage originations. Highlighting the bipartisan support of the bill, there are four co-sponsors in the Senate and 73 in the House. Warner, D-Va., Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa.,

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ALTA shakes up leadership team with staff promotions

Housing Wire

Blosser has been leading the association’s data privacy efforts since 2017, and led the association’s role in creating model legislation such as the Remote Online Notarization Act , which was drawn up in collaboration with the Mortgage Bankers Association and the National Association of Realtors.

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Virtual notary adoption surges as businesses rush to close transactions remotely

Housing Wire

Electronic closings supported by remote online notarization (RON) offer advantages to notaries, borrowers and lenders. Notarize’s security policies and systems are audited and tested on a regular basis.”. business advisory firm in real estate, mortgage finance, digital mortgage, banking and capital markets. “All

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Google to remove more personal info from its search results upon request

Realty Biz

As concerns over internet privacy and online harassment continue to grow, Google last week announced that users now have a way to remove personal information such as their physical addresses, personal phone numbers and email addresses from its search engine results.

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