The CFPB will hold a field hearing on the new mortgage rules in Phoenix, Arizona on January 10, 2014. The field hearing coincides with the effective date of the ability-to-repay and qualified mortgage rule, the mortgage servicing rules, certain provisions of the rules governing loan originator compensation, and the provisions HOEPA (see January 10, 2013 Alert).
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