The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently issued two final rules aimed at bolstering the Qualified Mortgage (“QMs”) market. The first final rule amends the general eligibility category of QMs (“General QMs”)...more
1/14/2021
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Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Fannie Mae ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Freddie Mac ,
GSE ,
Mortgage Reform ,
Mortgages ,
Qualified Mortgage Rule ,
Regulation Z
One of the important unfinished aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act (“Act”) is the requirement for Federal agencies (“Regulators”) to issue regulations implementing Section 941 of the Act which generally requires that a securitizer...more
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) has released a proposal (the "Proposal") to amend the Bureau's recently issued final rules (the “Rules”) on the definition of a qualified mortgage (“QM”) and the...more
Congress in the Dodd-Frank Act responded to concerns about the quality of mortgage loans by establishing incentives for lenders to seek to ensure that borrowers had the ability to repay mortgage loans made to them. In...more
1/16/2013
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Borrowers ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Damages ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Foreclosure ,
Lenders ,
Loans ,
Mortgages ,
Penalties ,
Qualified Mortgage Rule ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Safe Harbors ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)