Richard Cordray has worn several hats in his career, but he did not plan to be an author.
But an author he now is, with the publishing this week of “Watchdog: How protecting consumers can save our families, our economy, and our democracy.”
Cordray talked by phone with RESPA News for nearly a half hour the week before the book was released – an interview which October Research publications have pursued since the time he was nominated to be director in 2011 – and discussed the process of chronicling his time at the bureau, the overhaul of the mortgage disclosure rule, his decision in the PHH Corp. case and RESPA compliance, and the phone call that nearly resulted in his firing.
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