RESPA Reform

	HUD Letter to ALTA® [pdf] 1999 ALTA® Letter [pdf] HUD 1997 Guidance on Captive Mortgage Reinsurance [pdf]

HUD provided scant guideance to the industry in a much-belated response to an ALTA inquiry of five years standing. Question was raised at that time about various captive reinsurance arrangements established by builders and lenders with certain title insurers and the legality of such relationships under RESPA Section 8. HUD merely refers us to a prior opinion on mortgage insurance captive reinsurance arrangements for the appropriate standard.