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CFPB Issues New Mortgage Servicing Requirements

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has issued two final rules that impose significant new mortgage servicing requirements in connection with residential mortgages to consumers. The rules implement amendments...more

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Update: The Proposed Mortgage Servicing Rules

On August 10, 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued two notices containing rules intended to protect homeowners from errors and abuses by their mortgage servicers. The proposed rules would...more

U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes Mortgage Servicing Reforms

The mortgage finance system in the United States is under radical reconstruction as a result of the events of 2007-2009. The Dodd-Frank Act (Dodd-Frank) impacts mortgage origination, servicing and securitization through a...more

CFPB Proposes New Rules for Mortgage Servicing Industry

On April 10, 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) outlined new rules it is proposing to adopt to increase accountability and transparency in the mortgage servicing industry. Pursuant to its authority under...more