New research by dv01, a loan data agent (LDA) providing securitization reporting and analytics on consumer unsecured, mortgage, small business, and student loans, says the pandemic has revealed serious weaknesses in the reporting structure for mortgages. The company found significant numbers of unreported loan modifications and says it was these types of reporting errors during the global financial crisis (GFC) which led to an increase in price volatility when those errors were later corrected. A new white paper says that, in stark contrast to the GFC, consumer loan performance across asset classes has remained relatively strong. Dv01 has released bi-weekly reports of both loan performance and the relief efforts by issuers and servicers to aid borrowers but has found significant irregularities

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