Credit Watch Termination Initiative:

Federal Register Volume 76, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2011)

Notices

Pages 38406-38407

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

FR Doc No: 2011-16518

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Docket No. FR-5511-N-03

Credit Watch Termination Initiative; Termination of Origination

Approval Agreements

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice advises of the cause and effect of termination of

Origination Approval Agreements taken by HUD's Federal Housing

Administration (FHA) against HUD-approved mortgagees through the FHA

Credit Watch Termination Initiative. This notice includes a list of mortgagees which have had their Origination Approval Agreements terminated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Quality Assurance Division, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh

Street, SW., Room B133-P3214, Washington, DC 20410-8000; telephone

(202) 708-2830 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access that number through TTY by calling the

Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD has the authority to address deficiencies in the performance of lenders' loans as provided in HUD's mortgagee approval regulations at 24 CFR 202.3. On May 17, 1999 HUD published a notice (64 FR 26769), on its procedures for terminating

Origination Approval Agreements with FHA lenders and placement of FHA lenders on Credit Watch status (an evaluation period). In the May 17, 1999 notice, HUD advised that it would publish in the Federal Register a list of mortgagees, which have had their Origination Approval

Agreements terminated.

Termination of Origination Approval Agreement: Approval of a mortgagee by HUD/FHA to participate in FHA mortgage insurance programs includes an Origination Approval Agreement (Agreement) between HUD and the mortgagee. Under the Agreement, the mortgagee is authorized to originate single-family mortgage loans and submit

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them to FHA for insurance endorsement. The Agreement may be terminated on the basis of poor performance of FHA-insured mortgage loans originated by the mortgagee. The termination of a mortgagee's Agreement is separate and apart from any action taken by HUD's Mortgagee Review

Board under HUD's regulations at 24 CFR Part 25.

Cause: HUD's regulations permit HUD to terminate the Agreement with any mortgagee having a default and claim rate for loans endorsed within the preceding 24 months that exceeds 200 percent of the default and claim rate within the geographic area served by a HUD field office, and also exceeds the national default and claim rate. For the quarterly review period ending December 31, 2010, HUD is terminating the

Agreement of mortgagees whose default and claim rate exceeds both the national rate and 200 percent of the field office rate.

Effect: Termination of the Agreement precludes branch(es) of the mortgagee from originating FHA-insured single-family mortgages within the area of the HUD field office(s) listed in this notice. Mortgagees authorized to purchase, hold, or service FHA-insured mortgages may continue to do so.

Loans that closed or were approved before the termination became effective may be submitted for insurance endorsement. Approved loans are those already underwritten and approved by a DE underwriter, and cases covered by a firm commitment issued by HUD. Cases at earlier stages of processing cannot be submitted for insurance by the terminated branch; however, they may be transferred for completion of processing and underwriting to another FHA-insured mortgagee with direct endorsement approval for the area covered by the termination.

Mortgagees are obligated to continue to pay existing insurance premiums and meet all other obligations associated with insured mortgages.

A terminated mortgagee may apply for reinstatement of the

Origination Approval Agreement if the approval for the affected branch or branches has been terminated for at least six months and the mortgagee continues to be an approved mortgagee meeting the requirements of 24 CFR 202.5, 202.6, 202.7, 202.8 and 202.12. However,

Mortgagee Letter 2010-20 and Final Rule 5356-F-02 at 24 CFR Part 202 eliminates FHA approval for loan correspondents after December 31, 2010. Therefore, HUD will not accept requests for reinstatement from loan correspondents after that date. The mortgagee's application for reinstatement must be in a format prescribed by the Secretary and signed by the mortgagee. In addition, the application must be accompanied by an independent analysis of the terminated office's operations as well as its mortgage production, specifically including the FHA-insured mortgages cited in its termination notice. This independent analysis shall identify the underlying cause for the mortgagee's high default and claim rate. The analysis must be prepared by an independent Certified Public Accountant (CPA) qualified to perform audits under Government Auditing Standards as provided by the

Government Accountability Office. The mortgagee must also submit a written corrective action plan to address each of the issues identified in the CPA's report, along with evidence that the plan has been implemented. The application for a new Agreement should be in the form of a letter, accompanied by the CPA's report and corrective action plan. The request should be sent to the Director, Office of Lender

Activities and Program Compliance, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room B133-

P3214, Washington, DC 20410-8000 or by courier to 490 L'Enfant Plaza,

East, SW., Suite 3214, Washington, DC 20024-8000.

Action: The following mortgagees have had their Origination

Agreements terminated by HUD:

Mortgagee branch

HUD office

Termination

Mortgagee name

office address

jurisdictions

effective date Homeownership centers

Equity Source Home Loans LLC. 1120 Campus

Newark...............

6/1/2011 Philadelphia.

Drive West

Morganville, NJ 07751.

First Ohio Banc and Lending, 6100 Rockside

Cleveland............

6/21/11 Philadelphia.

Inc.

Woods Blvd.,

Ste 1

Independence,

OH 44131.

Mac-Clair Mortgage Corp...... G4355 S Saginaw Detroit..............

4/26/11 Philadelphia.

St., Burton, MI 48529.

Dated: June 22, 2011.

Robert C. Ryan,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.

FR Doc. 2011-16518 Filed 6-29-11; 8:45 am

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