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TDR Tracking, Demanded by NCUA, Makes CUs Bristle

Credit unions by and large have been seen as the good guys in the ongoing housing finance crisis. In general, more conservative underwriting prevented most credit unions from making the mortgage loans that were most likely to wind up delinquent.

By David Morrison | Updated on October 30, 2011
The impact of rising foreclosures has begun to become evident in the streets, as in this tent at the Occupy D.C. encampment.

Credit unions by and large have been seen as the good guys in the ongoing housing finance crisis. In general, more conservative underwriting prevented most credit unions from making the mortgage loans that were most likely to wind up delinquent. Further, when credit union loans have become delinquent, CUs have generally been better positioned to modify them to help out their struggling members, particularly when they have not sold the loans or, if they did sell them, they retained the servicing.

But some CU executives charge that an NCUA policy on how credit unions must track modified loans actually increases their paperwork burden so much that it can lead them to decide on foreclosures over modification in some circumstances.

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