Category Archives: ratespeed

Mortgage Yield Spread Premiums and The Transparency Thing

Yield Spread Premium: A consumer option to finance some or all of closing costs by accepting a higher interest rate than they otherwise qualify for.
There has been much debate about Yield Spread Premiums (YSP’s), from overall required disclosure policies to their potential abolition.  All mortgage professionals have a personal opinion on the topic, some resort [...]

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Indecent Disclosure, Yield Spread Premium Class Action Lawsuits on the Rise

Matt Carter at Inman news reported today about the litigious fever spreading through the mortgage industry.
Novastar Home Mortgage seems to have hit the trifecta:  Part of a $46M judgment slapped on them as a participant in the Bankrate.com unlawful restraint of trade lawsuit filed by American Interbanc,  a class action lawsuit brought by it’s investors [...]

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