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HPML ESCROW EXEMPTION THRESHOLD INCREASED FOR 2021
For 2021, the CFPB amended the official commentary that interprets the requirements of Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to reflect a change in the asset size threshold for certain creditors to qualify for an exemption to the requirement to establish an escrow account for a higher-priced mortgage loan (HPML). The exemption threshold is adjusted to increase to $2.230 billion from $2.202 billion. Creditors with assets of less than $2.230 billion (including assets of certain affiliates) […]
2021 HOME MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE ACT THRESHOLD INCREASE
On December 22, 2020 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a final rule amending the official commentary that interprets the requirements of Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure Act) to reflect the asset-size exemption threshold for banks, savings associations, and credit unions based on the annual percentage change in the average of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). For 2021, the exemption threshold is increased to $48 million from $47 […]
$16M SETTLEMENT FOR OVERDRAFT FEES
On October 5, 2020, the Navy Federal Credit Union agreed to settle a class action suit for $16 million that will reimburse an estimated 700,000 current and former members who were charged two or three non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees on a single transaction by Navy Federal Credit Union between Jan. 28, 2014, and Oct. 27, 2020. An U.S. District Court judge in Virginia has issued a preliminary approval for the settlement in Lambert v. Navy Federal Credit Union, […]
FHFA ANNOUNCES 2021 CONFORMING LOAN LIMITS
On November 24, 2020, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages to be acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2021. Baseline Limit The Housing and Economic Recovery Act establishes the maximum loan limit in those areas as a multiple of the area median home value, while setting a “ceiling” on that limit of 150 percent of the baseline loan limit. Median home values generally increased in high-cost […]