The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has cranked out more than 2,400 pages of new proposed regulations since July 9th. That is a lot to review in a short period of time. Let’s put this into context. The CFPB had two hours to draft each page starting from the date the Dodd-Frank Act became law. If you give the CFPB the benefit of the doubt and don’t start counting days until July 21, 2011, when […]
Category: CFPB
INTERAGENCY PROPOSAL FOR APPRAISALS FOR HIGHER-RISK MORTGAGES
On August 15, 2012 the Federal Reserve Board, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Housing Finance Agency, National Credit Union Administration, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, the Agencies) jointly proposed to amend Regulation Z, to implement a Dodd-Frank Act provision requiring appraisals for “higher-risk mortgages.” Comments are due on or before October 15, 2012. The 211-page proposed rule generally defines a “higher-risk mortgage” as a closed-end consumer […]
PROPOSED REGULATION B APPRAISAL RULE
How refreshing to get a proposal from the CFPB that totals less than 100 pages. On August 15, 2012 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a 58-page release that contains proposed rules to implement a Dodd-Frank Act requirement that amends appraisal rules to help inform mortgage applicants on how a creditor determines a property’s value prior to closing on the mortgage. It will also make it easier for loan applicants to determine if a loan […]
CFPB – TWO MORE MAJOR PROPOSED RULES AMEND TIL AND RESPA
On August 10 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published two significant sets of proposed rules to revise the Truth in Lending (TILA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures (RESPA) Acts. Both rules deal with provisions related to the servicing of mortgage loans. TILA/Regulation Z – The proposed amendments implement the Dodd-Frank Act provisions regarding mortgage loan servicing. Specifically, the proposal implements addresses rules related to: Initial rate adjustment notices for adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs); Periodic […]
HUGE UDAAP CASE
On Thursday July 19, 2012, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) each published releases announcing action against Capital One for Unfair, Deceptive and Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAAP) in violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. This is the CFPBs first public enforcement action. The bank will pay $150 million in damages to 2.5 million affected consumers. This includes $140 million to […]