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The CFPB has announced that Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Modified Loan Application Register (LAR) data for 2024 are now available on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s (FFIEC) HMDA Platform for...more
Effective November 23, 2024, the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending (the “DSML”) adopted new rules affecting mortgage loan companies, mortgage bankers, individual residential mortgage loan originators, and...more
To enhance quality of operations and increase transparency in ownership within skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Final Rule for ownership disclosures for Medicare...more
ACI’s Residential Mortgage Forum is a premier gathering of leading servicers, lenders, external counsel, and regulators engaging in dialogue on how to navigate the very complex residential mortgage enforcement and litigation...more
On June 24, 2020, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) announced the release of the 2019 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data. ...more
The CFPB recently updated its Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) FAQs, regarding the reporting of race, ethnicity and sex for applications taken by mail, internet or telephone. ...more
Federal Banking Agencies Expand Eligibility to Use Streamlined Call Reports - The federal banking agencies have adopted a final rule to reduce regulatory reporting requirements for certain banks with total assets of less...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently posted on its website updated versions of guidance in connection with the revisions to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rules that become effective on January 1,...more
In October 2015, the CFPB adopted significant changes to the rules under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Among the changes, the items of information to be collected and reported under HMDA are greatly expanded, with...more
On August 3, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) provided the mortgage industry with a first look at the portal to be used for the reporting of, and public access to, data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure...more
On July 14, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued a proposed rule on HMDA reporting requirements for banks and credit unions that issue home-equity lines of credit (HELOCs). Under rules scheduled to...more
On October 15, 2015, the CFPB released a final rule amending Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), requiring certain data on mortgage applications and loans to be collected beginning in 2017...more
The CFPB announced that it is issuing warning letters to 44 mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers stating that it “has information that appears to show that your company may not be in compliance with certain provisions of the...more
As we have reported, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a final rule amending Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), requiring “Covered Institutions” to report certain...more
Regulatory Developments: FINRA Requests Comment on Rules Relating to Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults - On Oct. 15 FINRA published Regulatory Notice 15-37, requesting comment on proposed amendments to...more
On October 15, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule amending Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). At nearly 800 pages, the new HMDA rule changes (i) the...more
On October 15, 2015, the CFPB released a final rule amending Regulation C, 12 C.F.R. part 1003, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Like the August 2014 proposed rule, the final rule includes changes to...more
The CFPB has issued a final rule amending Regulation C, its Home Mortgage Disclosure Act regulation. The changes, which, in part, implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s amendments to HMDA, expand the scope of data required to be...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule yesterday aimed at providing the public and regulators with meaningful information concerning the lending practices of financial institutions....more