Congressman Bill Posey of Florida has introduced a bill which would allow lenders to classify modified mortgages as accruing rather than non-accruing. Posey claims federal bank regulators are hindering the ability of community banks to modify home loans and keep homeowners out of foreclosure.
A subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Friday to review Rep. Posey’s Common Sense Economic Recovery Act.
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With mortgage delinquencies at unprecedented levels, it’s become clear that the current servicing-fee model is lacking. The GSEs and Ginnie Mae are in the process of developing new servicing compensation structures to provide greater flexibility for the servicing of nonperforming loans. As deliberations move forward, the Mortgage Bankers Association is recommending they consider the idea of a new “reserve account” strategy to cover the higher expenses associated with default servicing.
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