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CHLA: Lack of competition has driven up third-party closing costs

The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) on Thursday issued a comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), saying that a major reason for the increase in mortgage closing costs from third parties is due to a lack of competition among third-party providers.

On top of “click fees” that CHLA said are charged by ICE Mortgage Technology to facilitate data access between lenders and vendors, “fees for necessary loan functions have grown exponentially in recent years, in areas where mortgage lenders have no details ⇒

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