Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have sent letters to financial regulators asking them to rescind a variety of measures the regulators issued during the Biden Administration....more
4/14/2025
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Led by the California Mortgage Bankers Association, five lenders have made commitments to provide mortgage relief for the victims of the California wildfires....more
1/23/2025
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Consumer Financial Products ,
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Foreclosure ,
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Relief Measures ,
Wildfires
The FDIC recently announced that it has entered into a Consent Order with Cross River Bank (CRB or Bank) to resolve FDIC charges that the Bank engaged in unsafe or unsound practices related to its fair lending compliance. ...more
The CFPB has published its Fall 2022 rulemaking agenda as part of the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The agenda’s preamble indicates that “[t]he Bureau reasonably anticipates having...more
The CFPB’s Fair Lending Director, together with senior officials from other federal agencies, have sent a letter to The Appraisal Foundation (TAF) commenting on proposed changes to the Uniform Standards of Professional...more
Recently, the CFPB issued a “Request for Information Regarding Fees Imposed by Providers of Consumer Financial Products or Services.” Comments on the RFI must be submitted by March 31, 2022....more
On December 6, FinCEN announced that it was issuing an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“AMPRM”) to solicit public comment on potential requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) for certain persons involved in...more
12/14/2021
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Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
Earlier this week, the CFPB issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding an assessment of the significant amendments to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act rules, known as Regulation C, adopted in October 2015 and...more
Two leaders of the CFPB’s Fair Lending Office – Patrick Ficklin, Fair Lending Director, and Charles Nier, Senior Fair Lending Counsel – recently published an article advocating for broader use of special purpose credit...more
As previously reported, the federal banking agencies announced an interim final rule in April 2020 due to COVID-19 that allows for appraisals and evaluations of homes and other real property to be obtained up to 120 days...more
9/30/2020
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Federal Reserve ,
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Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
National Housing Act (NHA) ,
Real Estate Market ,
Real Estate Transactions
As promised by the CFPB when it issued two Regulation Z ability to repay rule qualified mortgage (QM) loan proposals in June 2020, the CFPB recently issued a proposal to provide for a new seasoned QM loan. Comments will be...more
8/21/2020
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In a blog post entitled “How S.2155 (the Bank Lobbyist Act) Facilitates Discriminatory Lending” Professor Adam Levitin claimed that “This bill functionally exempts 85% of US banks and credit unions from fair lending laws in...more
3/19/2018
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Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
HELOC ,
HMDA ,
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Proposed Legislation ,
Race Discrimination
The U.S. Senate on March 14 passed S.2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), by a vote of 67 to 31. Although the Act would not make the sweeping changes to the Dodd-Frank Act found...more
3/16/2018
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Dodd-Frank ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FIRREA ,
FSOC ,
HMDA ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mortgages ,
Online Marketplace Lending ,
Orderly Liquidation Authority ,
PACE ,
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Regulatory Oversight ,
Student Loans ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has just issued an updated version of The Guide to HMDA Reporting: Getting It Right! ...more
On February 14, 2018, the United States House of Representatives passed the TRID Improvement Act of 2017, H.R. 3978, by a vote of 245 to 171. The bill would amend the manner in which title insurance premiums are disclosed...more
On February 8, 2018 the United States House of Representatives passed The Mortgage Choice Act, H.R. 1153, to revise the definition of “points and fees” for purposes of the Regulation Z ability to repay/qualified mortgage...more
The CFPB has launched a new online “Digital Check Tool” to be used by companies reporting HMDA data starting January 1, 2018. More specifically, the new tool supports the Universal Loan Identifier (ULI) requirements of the...more
The CFPB has announced that with regard to the collection in 2018 of the expanded data fields under the revised Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rules, the CFPB does not intend to require data resubmission unless data...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued an updated version of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Guide to the Loan Estimate and Closing Disclosure forms. ...more
A bill to provide a "Madden fix" and three other bills relevant to mortgage lenders were included among the more than 20 bills approved by the House Financial Services Committee on November 15, 2017. With the exception of...more
12/1/2017
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Financial Services Industry ,
Interest Rates ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Madden v Midland Funding ,
Mortgages ,
National Bank Act ,
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Regulatory Oversight ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID)
Last week, members of the Senate Banking Committee announced that they had reached bipartisan agreement on “legislative proposals to improve our nation’s financial regulatory framework and promote economic growth.” ...more
11/21/2017
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Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Elder Abuse ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
HMDA ,
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Mortgage Loan Originators ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Qualified Mortgage Rule ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Rural Areas ,
Senate Banking Committee ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID)
A bill to provide a “Madden fix” and three other bills relevant to mortgage lenders were included among the more than 20 bills approved by the House Financial Services Committee on November 15, 2017. With the exception of...more
On Friday November 3, 2017 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the launch of the Internet-based platform that financial institutions will use to submit data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)....more
The federal banking agencies have issued guidance to financial institutions on the key data fields under the revised Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rules that will be used to test and validate the accuracy and...more
The CFPB recently posted on its website updated versions of guidance in connection with the revisions to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rules that become effective on January 1, 2018, and also posted a new guidance...more