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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan. A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +

New York Legislature Targets Real Estate Lenders To Lower Rents

Jones Day on 7/25/2025

In an effort to protect small businesses from high rents, on June 13, both houses of New York's legislature passed a bill, S1163, that prohibits "rent minimums" in real estate secured loan documents. As of this writing, this...more

CFPB Bites of the Month - July 2024 - The CFPB Shines Like the 4th of July

Hudson Cook, LLP on 7/30/2024

In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the July 2024 webinar....more

CFPB’s Rulemaking Agenda Provides Glimpse into 2020

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,... on 1/7/2020

The CFPB’s 2020 Rulemaking Agenda provides a preview of the Bureau’s intended rulemaking activities for 2020. Here are the highlights of what we can look forward to in 2020: Business Lending Data (Pre-rule Stage): Under...more

Regulators Propose CRA Overhaul

BCLP on 12/18/2019

On Thursday, December 12, 2019, the OCC and the FDIC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) in an effort to modernize the regulatory framework behind the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Last autumn, renewed...more

CFPB Fall 2016 rulemaking agenda published

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/2/2016

The CFPB’s Fall 2016 rulemaking agenda has been published as part of the Fall 2016 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The preamble indicates that the information in the agenda is current as of...more

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