Mortgage Bankers Association Consumer Federation of America 25th Annual Financial Services Conference David H. Stevens President & CEO Mortgage Bankers Association Friday, November 30, 2012
Housing Affordability Today
Purchase Apps Have Been Slow to Recover Mortgage Bankers Association 12/8/2017 Purchase Apps Have Been Slow to Recover BRZ: Changed Y1 from: “Existing Home Sales (Thousands, SAAR)” “Home Sales (Thousands)”. Changed Y2 from “MBA Purchase Index (Index 16mar1990=100,SA)” “MBA SA Purchase Index”. Upped font size on both Axes, upped font size on legend. Changed colors on Axis Labels to Match respective lines. Upped font size of dates along X-Axis. Sources: MBA, NAR Mortgage Bankers Association
Where We’ve Been
Mass Scale Litigation
Loan Officer Compensation Hundreds of Rules QM QRM Servicing Standards Licensing Loan Officer Compensation RESPA/TILA HOEPA Basel III Appraisal Standards ECOA Disclosure State Level G-Fee
- National Economic Council – Jim Parrot “ How do you correct for what happened, but not do so in away that we’re stuck where we are today – where there’s not enough liquidity? We clearly haven’t threaded that needle yet.” - National Economic Council – Jim Parrot
Consumer is impacted
Lenders Exiting the Market Source: FFIEC
Productivity Down: Costs to Consumers Retail Apps per Underwriter per Month Source: MBA/STRATMOR Peer Group Survey
Tight Credit Box at GSEs…Limits Access Source: Fannie Mae 10-K and Credit Supplement Reports
And FHA Source: FHA Monthly Outlook Reports
Balancing Enforcement Consumer Protections Access to Credit
- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke “ The pendulum has swung too far the other way…overly tight lending standards may now be preventing creditworthy borrowers from buying homes.” - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
Rates
Home Price Appreciation Trending Up Source: FHFA, Case Shiller, Corelogic
Household formation on rise again
ECHO BOOM – Fuel for Future
Partnership Clear Rules and Standards to Protect All Consumers Lenders Investors Environment that will attract vs. repel lending