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TRID AND THE END OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

Daylight Saving Time (DT) ends on November 3, 2019 at 2:00 a.m. What does DT have to do with TRID? The TRID rules under Regulation Z require creditors to disclose the time zone applicable to its location when disclosing the date and time the interest rate lock and estimate of closing costs will expire on the loan estimate. As a result, financial institutions located in areas that observe DT need to remember to change the […]

SPECULATION ABOUT THE CFPB’S PENDING TRID PROPOSAL

As a result of a lot of pressure from many players in the mortgage lending game the CFPB has reluctantly agreed to publish proposed rules to clarify the massive pile of confusion that is called TRID. Recently CFPB Director Cordray sent a letter to the leadership and members of several industry trade groups reporting that the agency has begun drafting a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the TRID rules. Cordray stated the goal for publication […]

CFPB V LOS VENDORS – SHOT ACROSS THE BOW

In remarks at the recent Mortgage Bankers Association Convention Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray conceded that the implementation process for CFPB’s new “Know Before You Owe” mortgage disclosure rule (aka as TRID) has not been as smooth as the agency would have hoped. But Cordray faulted vendors, not regulators. “Quite frankly, I have been disturbed by reports I have been hearing about the vendors on whom so many of you rely,” he said. […]

TRID DISCLOSURE FOR PREFERRED-RATE LOANS

Typical preferred-rate loans might include a fixed-rate mortgage loan that carries a preferred rate as long as the borrower remains an employee of the financial institution or as long as a deposit account remains open.  This loan type raises several issues under TRID rules including, which product description should be used. The product description, explained in  §1026.37, must classify the rate as “Adjustable Rate,” “Step Rate,” or “Fixed Rate.” For an “Adjustable Rate” the rates […]

CHANCE TO BREATHE

I lot of people seemed to think that once the August 1 TRID deadline arrived life would be much easier. Well today is August 1, and the future doesn’t look any easier. TRID has been delayed until October 3, 2015; New interagency flood insurance regulations are effective, in large part, on October 1, 2015, with the new escrow rules unfolding on January 1, 2016; The new Military Lending Act regulations, which look like the real […]