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FHA PROPOSED ACTIONS REGARDING APPRAISALS

Posted by jholzknecht on  January 19, 2023
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Category: Appraisals, HUD
Recently the Department of Housing and Urban Development released a draft Mortgagee Letter. The proposed letter establishes a process for mortgagees when a borrower requests a review of the appraisal results associated with their application for an FHA-insured mortgage. On June 1, 2021, President Biden announced the creation of an Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) to combat bias in home appraisals. FHA is committed to strengthening safeguards against unlawful discrimination

FEDERAL BANK REGULATORY AGENCIES CONTINUE TO IGNORE SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY ISSUES

Posted by jholzknecht on  January 16, 2023
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Category: CFPB, OCC, Regulation B
On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court in the case of Bostock v Clayton County declared that disparate treatment based on sexual orientation or gender identity is sex discrimination under federal law. It is the law of the land. On March 9, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretative rule to amend Regulation B to clarify that disparate treatment based on sexual orientation or gender identity is sex discrimination under

Update: Make that 19 Days and Counting! Section 1071 Final Ruling to be Announced This Month

Posted by Audrey Sullivan on  January 11, 2023
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Last week, we started a countdown for the impending final rule implementing the small business data requirements of Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act.  Well, the CFPB released it’s Fall 2022 Semi-Annual Agenda and it indicates the final rule will be released this month. That means the runway to prepare for the most significant regulatory update in decades just got a lot shorter. With that in mind and in order to help you get ready,

CFPB’S FALL 2022 SEMI-ANNUAL AGENDA

Posted by jholzknecht on  January 10, 2023
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Category: CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Fall 2022 Semi-Annual Agenda includes10 items – one in the final rule stage, five in the proposed rule category, and four items in the prerule stage. Final Rule Stage – The final rule item is the Small Business Lending Data Collection under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. The CFPB’s next action for the section 1071 rulemaking is the issuance of a final rule, which is expected in January 2023.

85 Days and Counting! Section 1071 Data Collection

Posted by Kimberly Boatwright, CAMS, CRCM on  January 5, 2023
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In July of 2022, the CFPB had agreed to a March 31, 2023, deadline for issuing a final rule implementing the small business data requirements of Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act. Section 1071 amended the ECOA, to require financial institutions to collect and report certain data in connection with credit applications made by small businesses, including women- or minority-owned small businesses. The CFPB issued a NPRM in September 2021 and the comment period ended on January
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