The Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ban on mandatory arbitration provisions in certain mortgage loans becomes effective on June 1, 2013. Lenders now using mortgage loan documentation containing such provisions should take steps...more
The CFPB has issued a proposal to temporarily delay the June 1, 2013 effective date of the Regulation Z prohibition on financing credit insurance premiums (Section 1026.36(i)). The proposal responds to concerns raised by...more
On January 24, 2013, as the last of the Final Rules of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rolled out, I offered an outline of all of them, entitled "CFPB's Gang of Seven (Final Rules)".* I listed them in...more
On February 15, 2013, the Office of the Federal Register published the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ("CFPB") final rule on loan originator compensation requirements under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)....more
On January 10, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its final rule on escrow account requirements for first-lien higher-priced mortgage loans. The rule amends existing escrow requirements and exemptions for...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued new rules amending Regulation Z, the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), and Regulation X, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), which revise mortgage...more
On January 18, the federal banking agencies issued a final rule amending Regulation Z to implement certain requirements from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act) that require...more
The CFPB’s recent rule amending Regulation Z (TILA), issued on January 17, included, among other changes, the requirement that mortgage servicers provide consumers with periodic billing statements. As required by the...more
On Thursday, January 10, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB") issued a final rule that amends Regulation Z to implement certain amendments to the Truth in Lending Act ("TILA") made by Sections 1461 and...more
On Friday, January 18, 2013, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Fed”), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB"), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”), the Federal Housing...more
On January 17, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“Bureau”) took another major step in the restructuring of the U.S. residential mortgage sector by issuing final rules (collectively, the “Rule”) regarding...more
On January 10, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) issued a final rule (the “Rule”) that amends Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to implement changes to the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act...more
The regulatory barrage continued last week with the CFPB issuing the last batch of mortgage-related rules it was required to finalize by the Dodd-Frank Act’s January 21 deadline....more
JD Supra gets your content noticed, increases your visibility and makes your marketing efforts hassle free...
Learn More or Schedule a demo