
FHFA Issues Request for Input on Appraisals
On December 28th, 2020, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs), issued a request for input (the RFI) on appraisal-related policies, practices and processes for loans to be deliverable to the GSEs.
Read MoreCFPB Issues Final Qualified Mortgage Rules
On December 10th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced two final rules to complete its planned revisions to the TILA ability-to-repay (ATR) rule.
Read MoreCFPB Releases Assessment of TRID
On October 1st, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an assessment of the TRID Integrated Disclosures Rule (TRID). The Dodd-Frank Act requires the CFPB to assess each ‘significant rule’ created by the Dodd-Frank Act and to publish the results of the assessment within five years of the rule’s effective date.
Read MoreCFPB Settles with Mortgage Lenders on Deceptive Loan Advertisements
On September 14th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the eighth in a series of consent orders with mortgage lenders after investigations uncovered alleged deceptive advertising directed to military service-members and veterans.
Read MoreCFPB Announces Future ANPR on Consumer Financial Access Rights Under Dodd-Frank
On July 24th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced plans to issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) later this year implementing a section of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act (Dodd-Frank) regarding consumer access to financial records held by, among others, residential mortgage lenders.
Read MoreCFPB Files Discrimination Suit Against Non-Bank Lender
On July 15th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed suit against a non-bank lender based in Chicago, alleging violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA); its implementing regulation, Regulation B; and the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA).
Read MoreCFPB Announces Proposed Rulemaking on GSE Patch
On June 22nd, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced two separate notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to address the coming expiration of TILA qualified mortgage (QM) status for the ‘GSE Patch,’ meaning loans acceptable for sale to government-sponsored entities (GSEs).
Read MoreCFPB Releases Revised ECOA Valuations Rule Factsheets
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently published two Factsheets, available below, outlining lender obligations under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) Valuations Rule.
Read MoreMISMO Announces Certification Program for Remote Online Notarization
On April 22nd, the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) announced a certification program for remote online notarization (RON) providers, designed to increase adoption of RON-enabled digital mortgage closings.
Read MoreCFPB Issues Request for Information to Assist Consumer Financial Protection Law Taskforce
Several months ago, we reported on the CFPB’s establishment of a taskforce that would make recommendations on how to harmonize, modernize and update federal consumer financial laws.
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