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Effective: | January 1, 2024 |
Industry: | Consumer Lending, Mortgage Lending |
Source: | Massachusetts Massachusetts Senate Bill 943 → |
Tags: | Massachusetts, Notary |
Massachusetts has signed legislation, S943, legalizing remote online notarizations (RON) to all notaries in the commonwealth.
Effective: | January 1, 2024 |
Industry: | Mortgage Lending |
Source: | Fannie Mae Fannie Mae Selling Guide Announcement SEL-2023-09 → |
Tag: | Underwriting |
Fannie Mae rental income policy changes and self-employed borrower requirements must be implemented for DU loan casefiles created on or after January 1, 2024.
Effective: | January 1, 2024 |
Industry: | Mortgage Servicing |
Source: | California California Senate Bill No. 455, Ch. 873 → |
Tags: | State, Servicing, Servicing Transfers, California |
Article 4 (commencing with Section 2968) is added to Chapter 2 of Title 14 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, to read:
(a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(1) “Mortgage servicer” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 2920.5.(2) “Property” means residential real property that is improved by four or fewer residential dwelling units, affixed mobilehomes, and manufactured homes.(3) “State of emergency” and “local emergency” have the same meanings as defined in subdivisions (b) and (c), respectively, of Section 8558 of the Government Code.(b) A transferor mortgage servicer servicing a mortgage secured by property within the geographic limits of a proclaimed state of emergency or local emergency shall deliver to a transferee mortgage servicer any material written records between the borrower and the mortgage servicer relating to the borrower’s election to use insurance proceeds to repair or replace property damaged by a disaster for which the state of emergency or local emergency was proclaimed.(c) A transferee mortgage servicer pursuant to subdivision (b) shall not dishonor a previous written agreement to repair property made prior to the transfer between the transferor mortgage servicer and the borrower and approved by the owner of the promissory note.(d) This article shall not be interpreted to prohibit a mortgage servicer from delivering to a transferee mortgage servicer any material written records relating to a borrower’s election to use insurance proceeds to repair or replace damaged property that was not caused by a disaster for which a state of emergency or local emergency was proclaimed.
Effective: | January 8, 2024 |
Industry: | Mortgage Servicing |
Source: | New Jersey Assembly, No. 5664 State of New Jersey 220th Legislature → |
Tags: | State, Foreclosure |
The State of New Jersey immediately amends provisions regarding foreclosure procedure and the Community Wealth Preservation Program.
Effective: | January 18, 2024 |
Industry: | Mortgage Lending |
Source: | VA VA Circular 26-24-1 → |
Tag: | Underwriting |
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is publishing this Circular to reiterate the expectation that all underwriting decisions to approve or deny a VA loan closed on the non-supervised automatic basis must be made by a VA-approved credit underwriter, and to clarify that VA’s Staff Appraisal Reviewer (SAR) designation does not confer credit underwriting authority.
Effective: | January 30, 2024 |
Industry: | Mortgage Lending |
Source: | Freddie Mac Bulletin 2023-22 → |
Tag: | Property - Appraisal |
Effective for Mortgages with Application Received Dates on or after January 30, 2024, but Sellers are encouraged to implement immediately
We are updating our list of unacceptable appraisal practices to:
Guide impacts: Sections 5603.4 and 5605.1