Based upon “the mortgage industry’s evolution over time, the advancement of technology, and due to no longer needing to maintain several branch offices to conduct FHA business nationwide,” the FHA has adopted a new rule...more
It is known the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) makes public all the complaints lobbied by consumers against financial companies. Have you looked at it? The volume of these complaints is exploding: nearly 100,000...more
In a continuation of enforcement activity related to redlining under October 2021’s Combatting Redlining Initiative, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on May 31, 2023, that ESSA Bank & Trust has agreed to pay $3...more
In affirming its own decision, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) leaves few protections for targets in its administrative enforcement proceedings. If you are subject to a CFPB administrative proceeding, or...more
Over the past couple of weeks, the CFPB has kept itself busy in the mortgage origination enforcement arena. In one complaint, the CFPB ordered a residential mortgage lender and its CEO to each pay a $1 million civil penalty...more
Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“the Act”) created and authorized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “the Bureau”) to implement, examine for compliance with,...more