On December 17, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued OCC Bulletin 2021-63, which contains interagency Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, (HMDA) examination procedures. The revised procedures address changes to: The effective dates for banks that meet or exceed either the closed-end mortgage loans or the open-end lines of credit loan-volume threshold in each of the two preceding calendar years: Effective July 1, 2020, a bank, savings association, or credit union that […]
Tag: Regulation C
CFPB CONSIDERING HMDA REVISIONS
During the Trump administration the Trump CFPB shrunk the HMDA requirements. Now the Biden CFPB, “plans to review recent changes to the rule and evaluate their effectiveness. This evaluation will strengthen the CFPB’s ability to maintain a fair, competitive, and non-discriminatory mortgage market.” On November 16, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to seek input on rules implementing the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Specifically, the CFPB will […]
USE OF 2020 CENSUS TRACT INFORMATION
Recently the CFPB reminded HMDA filers that when providing census tract information required by HMDA and Regulation C for calendar year 2022 applications and loans, financial institutions should use census tract information provided in the 2020 census. The FFIEC’s Geocoder will use 2020 census tract information beginning January 1, 2022.
HMDA FIG UPDATED
On September 10, 2021. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published its 2022 Filing Instructions Guide (FIG). The FIG is a compendium of resources to help HMDA covered financial institutions file annual HMDA data collected in 2022 with the CFPB in 2023.
OBSERVATION REGARDING THE 2020 HMDA DATA
On June 17, 2021 the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) published 2020 HMDA data. The data is always a treasure trove. The following are a few quick observations about the data. For 2020, the number of reporting institutions declined by about 18.8 percent from the previous year to 4,475. One reason for the change is that, in 2020, the Bureau issued a final rule amending Regulation C to increase the threshold for collecting and […]