The CFPB has released its Fall 2023 rulemaking agenda as part of the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The agenda’s preamble indicates that “[t]he Bureau reasonably anticipates having...more
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On June 23, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) posted on its website an interim final rule that creates a temporary exception to certain loss mitigation obligations of mortgage loan servicers under...more
The CFPB recently announced the availability of an updated Consumer Handbook on Adjustable Rate Mortgages, often referred to as the “CHARM booklet.” ...more
On March 25, 2020, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac updated their servicing requirements and relief related to the COVID-19 crisis. Fannie Mae updated Lender Letter 2020-02, and Freddie Mac issued Bulletin 2020-7....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued revised versions of the small entity compliance guides for the Loan Originator Rule and the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA) Rule....more
This past July, the American Bankers Association sent a letter to the CFPB requesting several clarifications to the mortgage servicing rules. One of such clarifications concerned application of the “120-day rule,” meaning the...more
In yesterday’s Federal Register, the CFPB published the compliance bulletin and policy guidance (Bulletin 2014-01) regarding mortgage servicing transfers that it previously issued on August 19, 2014 (New Guidance). The New...more
The CFPB has issued a final rule amending certain provisions of the 2013 Title XIV final mortgage rules. While in its press release the CFPB describes the amendments as “minor adjustments to its mortgage rules,” the final...more
The American Bankers Association has sent a letter to the CFPB requesting several clarifications to the mortgage servicing rules. The ABA asks the CFPB to make the clarifications part of “regulatory guidance (or regulatory...more
The CFPB has issued a “2013 CFPB Dodd-Frank Mortgage Rules Readiness Guide” that is intended “to help financial institutions come into and maintain compliance with” the CFPB’s mortgage rules finalized in January 2013....more
As we reported in CFPB Monitor, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed changes earlier this week to the mortgage rules adopted in January 2013. Comments on the proposal are due July 22, 2013....more
In keeping with its promise to provide further guidance to the industry on the recent mortgage loan rules, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently proposed clarifications and changes to the...more
The CFPB has announced various steps it plans to take over the next year to support the industry’s implementation of the mortgage rules issued in January 2013 and which take effect in January 2014. Those rules include the new...more