Episode 25: 10 Factors That May Hinder a Contractor’s Ability to Repay Its Bank Loans and Threaten Its Existence
Critical Mortgage Regulatory Updates by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for 2013 and 2014
On January 10, 2019, the CFPB issued a press release regarding two recently-released reports, which analyze the efficacy of the Ability to Repay Rule (ATR), and the RESPA Servicing Rule (Servicing Rule). The assessment...more
A degree of uncertainty hangs over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) following the November 2017 resignation of its first director, Richard Cordray. On his last day in office, Cordray appointed his chief of...more
The FDIC has revised its interagency examination procedures to reflect the requirements of the TILA/RESPA integrated disclosures (TRID) rule. The CFPB has issued a proposal to postpone the TRID rule’s effective date from...more
On Friday, May 22, 2015, the CFPB released its Spring 2015 Rulemaking Agenda (Agenda), as mandated by the Regulatory Flexibility Act. These biannual agendas generally include details regarding rulemaking activity at the...more
On Tuesday, March 3, CFPB Director Richard Cordray appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to answer questions regarding the Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress and the President, which it published on...more
On August 15, the CFPB released a second update to its exam procedures in connection with mortgage regulations to cover: (i) ability-to-repay; (ii) qualified mortgages; (iii) high-cost mortgages; (iv) appraisals for...more
Last week, the CFPB published a second update to its examination procedures to account for the new mortgage regulations going into effect in January 2014....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently announced that it has launched a Regulatory Implementation page that consolidates all of the new 2013 mortgage rules and related implementation materials....more