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On June 6, 2024 federal regulators published a final rule addressing Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models. This was a collaborative rulemaking effort that included regulators from the Office of the...more
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”) published a statement on February 12, 2024 regarding “principles for the examination of supervised [institutions’] residential property appraisal and...more
Mortgage originators and secondary market issuers use automated valuation models (AVMs) in determining the worth of collateral securing mortgages on consumers’ principal dwellings. As part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...more
A group of federal agencies have proposed reconsideration of value (ROV) guidance for residential real estate valuations. The agencies are the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB),...more
On February 14, CFPB Fair Lending Director Patrice Ficklin joined senior leaders from the FDIC, HUD, NCUA, Federal Reserve Board, DOJ, OCC, and FHFA in submitting a joint letter to The Appraisal Foundation (TAF) urging the...more
Federal Banking Agencies Issue New Guidance on Managing the LIBOR Transition - The member agencies of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”) have issued joint guidance for banking organizations...more
On April 21, 2020, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) published an interim final rule that will allow for appraisals and written estimates of market value of homes and other real property to be obtained by...more
In response to the global COVID-19 crisis, US federal financial regulators are taking important actions that affect US and non-US financial institutions, other financial services providers, consumers, and the US and global...more
(New information added on April 17, 2020) - As the coronavirus crisis unfolds, federal and state financial services regulatory agencies have taken multiple actions impacting banks, non-bank financial service providers, and...more
On April 14, 2020, the federal banking agencies announced an interim final rule that will allow for appraisals and evaluations of homes and other real property to be obtained up to 120 days after closing. ...more
The National Credit Union Administration’s (NCUA) new appraisal threshold rule for commercial real estate loans will go into effect on October 22, 2019. Under the NCUA’s new appraisal rule, credit unions will not be required...more
The NCUA’s Board just approved a final rule “increasing the threshold below which appraisals are not required for commercial real estate transactions from $250,000 to $1,000,000.” This rule goes into effect October 22, 2019....more
With a straight face, President Trump has issued an executive order on June 20th that would expand Apprenticeship opportunities in the US in order to expand jobs. The CFTC has adopted some final rules on records...more
The federal banking agencies together with the National Credit Union Administration (the “Agencies”) issued an Interagency Advisory on the Availability of Appraisers that is intended to help address the real estate appraiser...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau along with five other federal agencies recently issued a joint proposed rule (Proposed Rule) regarding Appraisal Management Companies (AMCs) as required by Section 1473 of the...more
Collectively, the FDIC, the OCC, FRB, CFPB, NCUA and FHFA issued a proposed rule establishing the minimum requirements for mortgage appraisal management companies. An appraisal management company is generally an entity that...more
Agencies Adopt Final Rules Exempting Certain Higher-Price Mortgage Loans from Appraisal Requirements - On Thursday, December 12, 2013, the Federal Reserve Board, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal...more
The CFPB, Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, FHFA, NCUA, and OCC published in the Federal Register on August 8, 2013 proposed rules creating several exemptions to the appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans....more
On January 18, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule (the Appraisal Rule) implementing an amendment to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) that revises Regulation B’s provisions...more
On January 18, the Fed, CFPB, FDIC, FHFA, NCUA and OCC issued a joint final rule, effective January 18, 2014, which establishes new appraisal requirements for “higher-priced mortgage loans”....more