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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan. A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +

Self-Employed Borrower’s Income – Is the Past Necessarily Prologue?

Mayer Brown on 6/10/2020

In a new era of double-digit unemployment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be tough for a mortgage lender to predict the amount and stability of someone’s income in order to determine qualification for a home...more

Revising the Regulatory Definition of a Qualified Mortgage

Mayer Brown on 2/20/2020

When the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) last summer issued its Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“ANPR”) to revise the definition of a “Qualified Mortgage” (“QM”) under the Dodd-Frank Act’s...more

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

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

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

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

CFPB Rules on Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgages

Orrick - Finance 20/20 on 1/14/2013

On January 10, the CFPB issued a final rule, effective January 10, 2014, requiring mortgage lenders to consider consumers’ ability to repay mortgage loans and regarding the “qualified mortgage” (QM) definition....more

CFPB Final Ability-To-Repay Rule Prompts Cautious Optimism from Industry

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/14/2013

The CFPB has issued its long-awaited ability to repay/qualified mortgage rule, and at first glance, it appears to warrant cautious optimism for the mortgage industry....more

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