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Burr Alert: CFTC Issues New Guidelines Concerning Eligibility Of Swap Guarantors

by Adam Sonenshine | Burr & Forman on 3/21/2013

In secured lending transactions, lenders frequently allow, and even require, borrowers to enter into swap agreements and other financial derivatives to hedge against different business risks, including fluctuations in...more

Burr Alert: Salt In A Lender's Wound: What Actions Should A Lender Take Under The Newest Version Of The ‘Protecting Tenants At...

by Meredith Minkus | Burr & Forman on 2/28/2013

In the context of residential foreclosures, one of the biggest issues facing foreclosing lenders is handling non-borrower tenants and occupants of the subject property. Tenant and occupant issues have, until recently, been...more

Banking And Financial Services E-Note - January 24, 2013

by Burr & Forman on 1/28/2013

In This Issue: - Fed Governor Seeks to Regulate Banks Beyond Dodd-Frank - Small Banks Worry of "Walmartization" from Dodd-Frank Act - FDIC Passes Appraisal Standards for Higher-Risk Mortgages - Community Banks...more

Financial Services Bulletin: Action At The CFPB

by Perkins Coie on 1/18/2013

On Thursday, January 10, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") issued a final rule amending Regulation Z pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act"). ...more

CFPB Issues Final Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgage Rule

by Michele Coffey, Kathleen Collins, Ivan Harris, Kenneth Kliebard, Christian Mixter, Tonya Oliver | Morgan Lewis on 1/17/2013

Rule lists criteria that lenders must consider in determining a prospective borrower has the ability to repay a loan and defines Dodd-Frank's concept of a "qualified mortgage." On January 10, the Consumer Financial...more

U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Rules on Qualified Mortgages and Ability to Repay

by Linda Ann Bartosch, Patrick D. Dolan, Robert H. Ledig, Ralph R. Mazzeo, Laurie Nelson, Thomas P. Vartanian | Dechert LLP on 1/16/2013

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

Final Rule Issued on Ability-to-Repay/Qualified Mortgages

by Jennifer M. Keas | Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/15/2013

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its final ability to repay rule (Rule) on January 10, 2013. The Rule implements ability-to-repay provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, which imposed strict underwriting...more

Crunched Credit - January 2013

by Matthew Clark, Rick Jones, Laurie Nelson | Dechert LLP on 1/14/2013

Below are links to some recent CrunchedCredit posts,including a preview of next week’s CREFC conference inMiami. For more information or to subscribe, visit us atCrunchedCredit.com. You can also sign up to receiveemail alerts...more

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