CFPB: Public Statement on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Compliance
Bureau Does Not Intend to Assess Penalties for Errors in Data Collected in 2018, and Plans to Reconsider Aspects of Mortgage Data Rule The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued a public statement announcing that the Bureau does not intend to require data resubmission unless data errors are material or assess penalties with respect…
Federal Reserve: Regulation C Repealed and Public Comment Sought on Proposed Revisions to Regulation M
The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the repeal of one regulation and the revision of a second to reflect the transfer of certain consumer protection rulewriting authority to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The Board is publishing a final rule to repeal Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure), which has been superseded by final…
Joint Release: Agencies Amend CRA Regulations to Conform to HMDA Regulation Changes and Remove References to the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
The federal bank regulatory agencies have amended their respective Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations primarily to conform to changes made by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Since 1995, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and…
CFPB: Identification of Language Preference on the Uniform Residential Loan Application
The Bureau issued an official approval of the final redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA), which will include a question about mortgage applicants’ language preference starting as early as July 2019. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to add this question to the URLA, which is a form that…
Joint Release: Agencies Announce Threshold for Smaller Loan Exemption from Appraisal Requirements for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced that the threshold for exempting loans from special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans during 2018 will increase from $25,500 to $26,000. The threshold amount will be effective January 1,…
Joint Release: Designated Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Key Data Fields
From Federal Reserve Board release: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) have revised the list of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) key data fields that their respective examiners will use in connection with validating the accuracy…
OCC: Acting Comptroller Of The Currency Rescinds Deposit Advance Guidance
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith A. Noreika today approved rescission of the agency’s Guidance on Supervisory Concerns and Expectations Regarding Deposit Advance Products that was published in the Federal Register on November 26, 2013, and accompanying OCC Bulletin 2013-40. In doing so, he issued the following statement: Today, I approved rescission of the OCC’s…
CFPB: Rule Finalized To Stop Payday Debt Traps
Lenders Must Determine If Consumers Have the Ability to Repay Loans That Require All or Most of the Debt to be Paid Back at Once The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today finalized a rule that is aimed at stopping payday debt traps by requiring lenders to determine upfront whether people can afford to repay…
CFPB: Interim Final Rule Issued To Help Mortgage Servicers Communicate With Certain Borrowers At Risk Of Foreclosure
Bureau Also Seeks Comment on Separate Proposed Rule Modifying Timing Requirements for Bankruptcy Periodic Statements The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued an interim final rule and a proposed rule to provide mortgage servicers more flexibility and certainty around requirements to communicate with certain borrowers under the Bureau’s 2016 mortgage servicing amendments. The interim…