Qualified Mortgage Rule Is CFPBs Top Priority, Latest Round of Disclosures Come as Project End Nears
February 2, 2012
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray this week confirmed to members of Congress that the agencys top mortgage regulatory priority is its forthcoming rule on qualified mortgages something it expects to finalize this summer. Separately, the agency last week quietly complied with a disclosure practice that all other federal entities involved in rulemaking follow: the release of a regulatory agenda. The CFPB filing, after officials bickered with House Republicans last week over the issue, does not include several key projects, such as devising rules on unfair and deceptive practices...