Recent Borrower Surveys Vindicate TRID, Drafter of Rule Believes
May 2, 2016
A handful of recent surveys of borrowers taking out a mortgage to purchase a home in the new era of the CFPB’s integrated disclosure suggest that borrowers are generally benefiting from the new forms and having a more positive experience with the entire process. Attorney Richard Horn, a former bureau official who was intimately involved in developing the new rule, is pleased to see confirmation that borrowers are getting the kind of benefit from the rule that he and his colleagues at the agency hoped they would. “From my experience, from having led the consumer testing for the disclosures and even the final rule, I do think it’s possible that these surveys are accurate and that consumers are experiencing the ...