Tuesday, July 20, 2010

FBI's 2009 Mortgage Fraud Report "Year in Review"

FBI's 2009 Mortgage Fraud Report "Year in Review"

An excerpt regarding HVCC Fraud:

"Lenders are circumventing the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) by using other non-commission employees to order appraisals. The HVCC agreement between the FHFA and the New York Attorney General's Office was intended to govern the way appraisals were ordered for all single-family mortgage loans (excluding government-insured loans such as FHA and VA) sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In the fashion of a true arms-length transaction, all appraisals are to be ordered through a third-party appraisal management company to eliminate collusion between the appraiser and those who earn an income from loan closings (e.g., mortgage loan officers, brokers)."

The report is here.

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