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ANNUAL UPDATE TO TILA DOLLAR AMOUNTS

On July 25, 2017 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) approved a final rule that amends various dollar amounts that impact requirements of the Truth in Lending and Act and Regulation Z. The rule was published on August 30, 2017. This is an annual event. The revised amounts are effective on January 1, 2018. Be sure to update your procedures and systems to reflect the revised amounts as of the effective date. The revised amounts: For […]

TRID AMENDMENTS PUBLISHED

We reported on July 7, 2013 that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) had released significant revisions to the TRI Rules. Now the revisions have been published in the Federal Register. Amendments are effective 60 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register with a mandatory compliance date of October 1, 2018. So with today’s publication the revisions are effective on October 10, 2017. This will allow financial institutions, in short order, to […]

ANOTHER TRID PROPOSAL

Right on the heels of the release of the 2017 TRID-RESPA Amendments final rule, the CFPB released a proposal today that also impacts TRID.  The proposed amendment released in July 2016 contained comments related to utilizing a Closing Disclosure to determine if a closing cost was disclosed in good faith.  The CFPB determined, based on comments received from the proposal, that many thought the amendment “would broaden creditors’ ability to compare charges paid by or […]

LONG AWAITED REVISIONS TO TRID FINALIZED

The time has finally come, the proposed revisions to the 2015 Integrated Disclosures Rule (TRID) were released in final form today, July 7, 2017.  The proposed amendments to TRID were released in July 2016 and gave all compliance professionals a glimpse into the direction the CFPB was headed with the amendments; the proposal provided much needed clarification on many confusing aspects of TRID, including construction loans. The 560 pages of the 2017 TILA-RESPA Amendments are […]