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Banks Facing Loan Scrutiny.(Brief article)

Mortgage Servicing News

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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are seeking more information about nontraditional mortgage loans banks are holding in portfolio, including deferred interest they are treating as income.

In early October, federal banking regulators issued tough underwriting standards on interest-only and payment-option ARMs and now they are following up with call report changes.

Starting with the first quarter 2007 call report, all banks will be required to report their holdings of one-to-four family loans with negative-amortization features.

The regulators also are proposing additional reporting requirement ...

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