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Bradley Comment Letter Highlights Questions Regarding the CFPB’s Statutory Authority to Issue Contemplated Mortgage Servicing...

On July 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a proposal to amend the existing mortgage servicing rules in Regulation X. The substance of the proposal has attracted a lot of attention and...more

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CFPB Hits Executive Compensation in Action Against National Mortgage Servicer for Illegal Foreclosure Practices

On August 21, the CFPB entered into a consent order with a nonbank mortgage servicer for mortgage servicing violations and for violating an earlier 2017 CFPB consent order for deficient foreclosure practices. In 2017, the...more

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CFPB Settles With Mortgage Servicer About Allegedly Misleading Foreclosure Options

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The CFPB reached a settlement with mortgage servicer Fay Servicing, LLC, to resolve allegations that the company took prohibited foreclosure actions against borrowers and prevented borrowers from taking advantage of loss...more

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CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Servicer for Alleged Order Violations and Servicing Errors

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On August 21, 2024, the CFPB issued a Consent Order against the Company citing alleged failure to provide accurate information about loss mitigation options and improper handling of loan modifications. The Consent Order...more

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CFPB Proposes Revamping Mortgage Servicing Rules

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The CFPB released its much-anticipated proposed update to the mortgage servicing rules last month that would make permanent many of the temporary servicing rules enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...more

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CFPB Proposes New Rules Aimed at “Streamlining” Mortgage Servicing

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On July 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) proposed a rule it says will streamline mortgage servicing and the loss mitigation process. If enacted, the proposed rule would significantly revise...more

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CFPB Proposes New Restrictions on Mortgage Servicers Before Commencing Foreclosures

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on July 10, 2024, announced a proposed rule that would require servicers to more intently assist borrowers throughout a "loss mitigation review cycle" before being permitted to...more

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CFPB Releases Long-Awaited Proposal to Amend Regulation X Loss Mitigation Rules

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What Happened? On July 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) proposed a rule to amend provisions of its Mortgage Servicing Rules to significantly revamp requirements relating to borrowers...more

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Highlights from the CFPB’s Spring 2024 Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) recently released its semi-annual regulatory agenda, outlining its planned rulemaking initiatives. The CFPB releases regulatory agendas twice a year in voluntary...more

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CFPB’s New Mortgage Servicing Rule: A Post-Pandemic Overhaul

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On July 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued its long-awaited Mortgage Servicing Proposed Rule to amend Regulation X. ...more

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CFPB Releases Mortgage Servicing Report on Borrower Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The complexity of loss mitigation programs designed to assist distressed mortgage borrowers during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been too daunting for many borrowers to seek help, the CFPB said, in a report released last...more

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CFPB Issues Proposed Rule Amending Mortgage Servicing Rules

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The CFPB recently issued its long-awaited proposed rule amending the mortgage servicing rules under Regulation X, with a focus on streamlining and expanding the loss mitigation procedures and foreclosure protections. The...more

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CFPB Proposes New “Streamlined” Mortgage Servicing Rules

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As we predicted here, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) last week proposed new and, in some cases, streamlined rules governing what mortgage servicers must do after a borrower becomes delinquent. The...more

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CFPB Supervisory Highlights, Mortgage Servicing Edition, Shed Light on Agency Priorities – “Junk Fees” and Loss Mitigation

The CFPB released its Supervisory Highlights, Mortgage Servicing Edition on April 24, 2024. These highlights share the CFPB’s findings from supervisory examinations completed between April 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023....more

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Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - February 2024 - 3

Editor's Note: The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more

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CFPB Updates Mortgage Servicing Exam Procedures

On January 18, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released an updated version of its Mortgage Servicing Examination Manual. As the CFPB described in a corresponding blog post, the manual outlines “the types...more

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CFPB Publishes Information Request Concerning Making COVID Mortgage Foreclosure/Loss Mitigation Relief Rules Permanent

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On September 27, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Request for Information Regarding Mortgage Refinances and Forbearances. The Request indicates that the CFPB is considering making the COVID...more

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CFPB Releases RFI on Mortgage Servicing Rules Signaling Potential for Future Regulatory Reform

On Thursday, September 22, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new request for information (RFI) regarding mortgage servicing, potentially opening the door for much-needed regulatory reforms. The...more

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CFPB Fall Supervisory Highlights Shed Light on Agency Priorities – Mortgage Servicing Loss Mitigation Violations

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a focal point for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – especially with regard to mortgage servicers and loss mitigation programs. In its Fall Supervisory Highlights, the CFPB noted...more

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After (Another) Unusual Year, We’re Very Thankful and Wish You a Happy Thanksgiving

Now that the pandemic’s “social distancing” is lessening, we hope you are all able to gather with friends and family this Thanksgiving. As we do the same, we wanted to count our blessings as we review the year. This year, we...more

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New CFPB Rules Set Out Mortgage Servicer Requirements in Response to End of COVID-19 Foreclosure Moratorium

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced post-COVID-19 mortgage servicing rules that went into effect August 31, 2021 (“Rules”). The Rules are designed to protect borrowers from “avoidable foreclosures” and...more

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House Votes to Repeal OCC True Lender Rule

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In This Issue. The House of Representatives voted to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution repealing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) “true lender” rule; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

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CFPB Finalizes Amendments to Regulation X to Protect Borrowers Against Forthcoming Increase In COVID-19 Foreclosures

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On June 28, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized amendments to the implementing regulation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Regulation X, which would establish temporary...more

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Detailed Breakdown of the CFPB’s COVID-19 Mortgage Servicing Final Rule

With the release of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s COVID-19 mortgage servicing final rule and an August 31, 2021, effective date that will be here before we know it, the race is on for servicers to digest the...more

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CFPB Releases COVID-19 Mortgage Servicing Final Rule

On June 28 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its much-anticipated mortgage servicing final rule related to COVID-19. This rulemaking amends Regulation X and, as expected, largely tracks the proposal that...more

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