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
In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its intention to allow the “QM Patch,” which exempts Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from the full scope of the ability-to-repay/qualified mortgage rule, to...more
On July 25, 2019, the CFPB issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) on the definition of a “qualified mortgage” under its ability-to-repay/qualified mortgage rule (“ATR/QM rule”). The ATR/QM rule requires a...more