FHFA: Final Rule Published on the FHLBank’s Housing Goals
Rule provides greater availability of mortgage financing for underserved borrowers To help underserved borrowers, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today sent to the Federal Register for publication a final rule on the Federal Home Loan Banks’ (FHLBanks) Housing Goals. The new goals take effect in 2021 and enforcement of the rule will be phased…
CFPB: Final Rule Issued Raising Data Reporting Thresholds Under HMDA
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued a final rule raising the loan-volume coverage thresholds for financial institutions reporting data under the Home Mortgage Reporting Act (HMDA). The final rule, amending Regulation C, increases the permanent threshold for collecting and reporting data about closed-end mortgage loans from 25 to 100 loans effective July 1, 2020….
FDIC: FFIEC Issues 2020 Version of Guide to HMDA Reporting: Getting It Right!
Summary: The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has issued the 2020 edition of A Guide to HMDA Reporting Getting It Right! for Home Mortgage Disclosure Act-related data collected in 2020 and reported in 2021. This compliance resource can help financial institutions better understand HMDA requirements, including the data collection and reporting provisions. Statement of Applicability to…
CFPB: Agency Issues Final HMDA Rule to Provide Relief to Smaller Institutions
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today issued a rule which finalizes certain aspects of its May 2019 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). It extends for two years the current temporary threshold for collecting and reporting data about open-end lines of credit under HMDA. The rule also clarifies partial…
FFIEC: 2018 HMDA Data on Mortgage Lending Available
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the availability of data on mortgage lending transactions at 5,683 U.S. financial institutions covered by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Covered institutions include banks, savings associations, credit unions, and mortgage companies. Released today are loan-level HMDA data covering 2018 lending activity that were submitted on…
CFPB: Comment Period for ANPR Extended on HMDA Data Points
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) announced today that it is extending the comment period on its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) relating to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The extension will give interested parties an opportunity to review the Bureau’s annual overview of residential mortgage lending based on the HMDA data financial…
CFPB: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Issued for HMDA Rules
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which proposes to raise the coverage thresholds for collecting and reporting data about closed-end mortgage loans and open-end lines of credit under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rules. The NPRM would provide relief to smaller lenders from HMDA’s data reporting…
OCC: Revised Interagency Examination Procedures for HMDA Issued
Summary The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing this bulletin to inform national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies (collectively, banks) about revised interagency examination procedures for determining compliance with the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Highlights The examination procedures were developed by members of the Federal Financial…
Federal Reserve: “A Guide to HMDA Reporting: Getting It Right!” Revised
The Task Force on Consumer Compliance of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council recently developed a revised version of “A Guide to HMDA Reporting: Getting It Right!” (Guide). The updated Guide is for use in connection with Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)1 data collected beginning on January 1, 2019 pursuant to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s…