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Our job is to make yours a little easier. So, in case you missed their release, we’ve compiled 2024’s lending threshold changes (including historical data) and developed convenient tables to help you keep it all straight. You can find all the 2024 lending thresholds by CLICKING HERE. The CFPB released and updated the following thresholds for 2024: The HMDA threshold was increased from $54 million in 2023 to $56 million in 2024. The HPML Small

Since Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank act was finalized by the CFPB on March 30, 2023, it has been surrounded by controversy. The rule, requiring small business lenders to collect race, gender, and other demographic data from small business loan applicants, was more than a decade in the making but with various legal actions complicating the picture, let’s take a look at where Section 1071 stands now. Controversy in Congress Earlier this month, the Senate

On January 17, 2024, the CFPB proposed a 211-page rule to limit overdraft fees charged by the nation’s biggest financial institutions. The proposal is intended to close what the CFPB calls a loophole that exempts overdraft lending services from longstanding provisions of the Truth in Lending Act and other consumer financial protection laws. The CFPB stated that very large financial institutions have been issuing highly profitable overdraft loans, resulting in billions of dollars in revenue

The most common HMDA questions that we receive are about how to properly  report multipurpose and multifamily properties. And it’s understandable… The 2018 modifications to HMDA were massive and many financial institutions are still dealing with the challenges of collecting data under the burdensome new requirements. Here’s a breakdown of how to properly report multifamily and multipurpose properties for HMDA Let’s start with ‘multifamily”. The construction method and total units, together, replaced property type reporting

HMDA Enforcement Actions in 2023… The 2018 modifications to HMDA were massive and many financial institutions are still dealing with the challenges of collecting data under the burdensome requirements. These changes continue to prove to be cumbersome and taxing. Program failures continue to plague financial institutions and in 2023, there were three very large enforcement actions for failing to file accurate data. Additionally, due to a lawsuit the CFPB had to rescind the 100 loan