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CFPB PUBLISHES SEMI-ANNUAL AGENDA

Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published it’s semiannual agenda as part of the Fall 2013 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The Agenda reflects antipathy actions during the period from October 1, 2012 to October 1, 2013. The next agenda will be published in spring 2013 and will update the agenda through October 1, 2013. According to the agenda the following final rules are expected in January 2013: Regulation X and […]

HMDA MACRO QUALITY EDITS

It’s that time of year when HMDA LARs are being scrubbed, double-checked and submitted to regulators. Once you submit the data the agencies begin their quality checks, which often result in Macro and Micro Quality Edits that need your attention. Below are agency-provided answers to some of the most common questions about macro quality edits, reasons for providing detailed explana¬tions on the Macro Quality Edit Report, and examples of acceptable macro edit responses. What is […]

2013 HMDA THRESHOLD

On December 28th the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule adjusting the asset-size exemption threshold for banks, savings associations, and credit unions under Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The revised asset-size exemption for banks, savings associations, and credit unions has increased to $42 million. As a result, institutions with assets of $42 million or less as of December 31, 2012, are exempt from collecting HMDA data in […]

2011 HMDA DATA

HMDA data for 2011 was recently made available. The data include disclosure statements for each financial institution, aggregate data for each metropolitan statistical area (MSA), nationwide summary statistics regarding lending patterns, and Loan/Application Registers (LARs) for each financial institution (LARs are modified to protect borrower privacy). For 2011:   The number of reporting institutions of 7,632 fell nearly 4 percent from the number in 2010, continuing a downward trend since 2006, when HMDA coverage included […]

STATUS OF OTHER PENDING RULES

We received a lot of positive feedback about yesterday’s blog entry on the status of changes to Regulation Z. Several of you inquired about the status of other pending rules, particularly those involving Regulations B and C. Well here you go… Regulation B – The Dodd-Frank Act amended the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to require financial institutions to report information concerning credit applications made by women- or minority-owned businesses and small businesses. The amendments […]