A New World for Mortgage Banking – What You Need to Know About the CFPB’s Final Mortgage Servicing Rules
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the July 2024 webinar....more
CFPB Amends Mortgage Rule to Protect Borrowers Affected by COVID-19 The CFPB issued a final rule to amend its Regulation X—which implements the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act—to assist home mortgage loan borrowers...more
In a first, a federal circuit court rules a lender cannot be held liable for a servicer’s RESPA violation. A borrower who took out a home equity loan from Bank of America alleged the Bank is vicariously liable for the...more
On November 3, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its fall 2015 supervisory report concerning enforcement actions from May 2015 through August 2015. The Bureau highlights violations in the mortgage...more
On October 3, 2015, the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures Rule (TRID) went into effect. The rule sought to streamline and clarify some of the overlapping and confusing language on the two different disclosure forms...more
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) provides that, if a “debt collector” makes an “initial communication with a consumer in connection with the collection of any debt,” the debt collector must provide the...more
In its Supervisory Highlights released earlier this summer, the CFPB reported its examination observations in consumer reporting, debt collection, mortgage origination and servicing, fair lending, and student loan servicing....more
Montana has adopted a temporary rule to reduce certain licensing renewal fees by 50 percent for the period of January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016. The Department of Administration believes that adopting the Uniform...more
Concerned about “increasing uncertainty surrounding regulatory oversight of these types of arrangements,” Wells Fargo is ending all of its roughly 200 mortgage marketing services and desk rental agreements with builders and...more