SAMP Dinner Meeting September 15, 2021
Current Issues in Mortgage Lending
RESPA Affiliated Business Arrangements, Bitcoin and Blockchain, Climate Change, Pricing Exceptions
4. Agenda
RESPA:
AfBAs are back, baby
Bitcoin, Blockchain
Work From Home SB 5077
COVID Compliance
Climate Change
Pricing Exceptions
Spokane Association For Mortgage Professionals
5. Agenda
RESPA:
AfBAs are back, baby
Bitcoin, Blockchain
Work From Home SB 5077
COVID Compliance
Climate Change
Pricing Exceptions
Spokane Association For Mortgage Professionals
8. U.S.Companies
Owned by
Quicken/Rocket
Amrock (title, escrow, property valuations)
Nexsys (Fintech)
Rocket Homes (real estate search and real
estate agent referral network)
ForSaleByOwner.com
RocketAuto
Core Digital Media (lead generation)
LowerMyBills.com (lead generation)
Rock Connections (lead gen + sales support)
Rock Central (human resources)
Woodward Capital Management
(Private Label Securities)
10. Agenda
RESPA:
AfBAs are back, baby
Bitcoin, Blockchain
Work From Home SB 5077
COVID Compliance
Climate Change
Pricing Exceptions
Spokane Association For Mortgage Professionals
11. Bitcoin
Blockchain
Bitcoin
Source of funds must be fully
documented before they were
turned into bitcoin.
Bitcoin must be converted to
U.S. dollars and deposited into a
federally insured depository
institution for two months.
Spokane Association For Mortgage Professionals
14. Agenda
RESPA:
AfBAs are back, baby
Bitcoin, Blockchain
Work From Home SB 5077
COVID Compliance
Climate Change
Pricing Exceptions
Spokane Association For Mortgage Professionals
15. SB 5077
WA State Senate Bill 5077
No client paper records at
home
VPN
Very difficult passwords for
VPN
Home laptop
Home modem and WIFI router
Spokane Association For Mortgage Professionals
16. SB 5077
WA State Senate Bill 5077
Law v. Rules
Rulemaking is finished.
Effective date delayed.
Continue to follow work-from-
home DFI guidance bulletins.
Spokane Association For Mortgage Professionals
17. Agenda
RESPA:
AfBAs are back, baby
Bitcoin, Blockchain
Work From Home SB 5077
COVID Compliance
Climate Change
Pricing Exceptions
Spokane Association For Mortgage Professionals
20. Agenda
RESPA:
AfBAs are back, baby
Bitcoin, Blockchain
Work From Home SB 5077
COVID Compliance
Climate Change
Pricing Exceptions
Spokane Association For Mortgage Professionals
21. Climate
Change
DFI Advises Financial Services Industry
Leaders to Begin Preparations for
Climate Change Impacts Now
Wildfires
Floods
Earthquakes
Residential areas
Main
Branch
Home offices
22. Climate
Change
DFI Advises Financial Services
Industry Leaders to Begin
Preparations for Climate Change
Impacts Now
Physical risks related to weather
Transition risks, transitioning to a
low or net zero carbon emissions
economy
Vulnerable and disenfranchised
communities.
24. Agenda
RESPA:
AfBAs are back, baby
Bitcoin, Blockchain
Work From Home SB 5077
COVID Compliance
Climate Change
Pricing Exceptions
Spokane Association For Mortgage Professionals
26. Should
Pricing
Exceptions
GoAway?
YES: Unintentional discrimination
(FRB Rule on LO Comp is tied to Fair Housing)
YES:When a human LO is not taking
the loan app, discrimination goes
down.
YES: Mega Diva top producers
are…the least profitable LOs at any
company.
NO: Leave pricing exceptions alone.
The Fair Housing violations will be
easier to find and fine.