Regulators need to have more information to solve foreclosure problem

FDIC Chairperson Linda Bair said that there is still a lot of information which needs to be gathered, when she spoke at a conference on the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, which was held in New York. She further states that she has a concern that the current issues will still slow down as the foreclosure process progresses.

Among the loan service providers, which have in the meantime frozen foreclosures, include JP Morgan Chase & Co, Ally Financial Inc and Bank of America. This was for them to be able to conduct more paperwork after court documents indicated that employees may have passed affidavits in cases on foreclosures without ensuring the accuracy of the information included in it.

According to Bair, she sees serious issues when it comes to the documentation of the foreclosure cases.

With the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law, the FDIC has now gained authority to come up with a scheme that will unwind firms, which collapsed and now pose threats to the economy. US President Barack Obama signed the program in July and proposed that the rules be overhauled after the bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc in 2008 caused a major crisis in the economy.

Charlie Rose, executive director of the show “Charlie Rose”, interviewed Bair in her show, which airs on Bloomberg Television and PBS. Since the Dodd-Frank law was enacted, the financial system has improved a great deal, according to Blair at a recent SIFMA conference. The FDIC belongs to the group of regulators, which implement the program. Bair said that she does not want to prolong her stay in the FDIC, stating that new ideas are very important for regulators. Her five-year term at the FDIC will expire next year.

 As the country tries to recover from the recent economic slowdown, more and more families are experiencing tougher times in dealing with foreclosure. Through the efforts of the government, together with major financial institutions and banks, the situation is somehow alleviated, helping families to stay on their homes and to avoid foreclosures. Along with the regulators, such as the FDIC, mortgage handlers Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae also extend their support not only on the homeowners, but also on banks, for them to be able to devise a way which would help both the banks and the borrowers sustain themselves and keep a positive status in their finances.