Recently, the CFPB released a blog post to remind mortgage lenders of its commitment to maintaining a fair, competitive, and nondiscriminatory market. The CFPB’s research found a small group of lenders and loan originators...more
On April 13, the OCC issued Bulletin 2023-10 announcing the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council’s issuance of the 2023 edition of the revised “A Guide to HMDA Reporting: Getting It Right!” The guide focuses on...more
On March 15, the CFPB released the 2023 HMDA institutional and transactional coverage charts. The charts update the reporting thresholds for transactions that involve a closed-end mortgage loan, pursuant to an order issued...more
On February 9, the CFPB published the 2023 Reportable HMDA Data: A regulatory and reporting overview reference chart. The chart serves as a reference tool for data points that are required to be collected, recorded, and...more
On February 1, the OCC reminded banks and OCC examiners that the loan origination threshold for reporting HMDA data on closed-end mortgages has changed due to a court decision issued last year, which addressed challenges made...more
As previously reported, in October 2019 the CFPB issued a final rule under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) to...more
It has been an unusually busy rule-making stretch for the consumer mortgage markets at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), marked by its issuance of an advanced notice of proposed rule-making (ANPR)...more
On May 2, 2019, the CFPB issued two releases related to Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The CFPB released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust Regulation C’s loan volume...more
The CFPB has issued a new annual report covering its fair lending activities during 2017. Since Mick Mulvaney did not become Acting Director until the end of November 2017, the fair lending activities described in the report...more
The FRB recently hosted a fair lending “hot topics” webinar in conjunction the DOJ, HUD, CFPB, FDIC, OCC, and NCUA. The seven agencies discussed fair lending developments, including the revised HMDA reporting requirements,...more
On September 21, the CFPB finalized its proposal to amend Regulation B requirements related to collection of consumer ethnicity and race information, in order to resolve the differences between Regulation B and revised...more
In this article, we review the requirements of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), highlighting key aspects of the many new and revised rules that will go into effect on January 1, 2018....more
On September 21, the CFPB finalized its proposal to amend Regulation B requirements related to the collection of consumer ethnicity and race information, in order to resolve the differences between Regulation B and revised...more