Consumer criticisms related to mortgages declined in the third quarter of 2023, falling to the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2011. (Includes two data tables.)

After a solo effort by the OCC in 2020 that was eventually rescinded, federal banking regulators jointly approved changes to requirements under the Community Reinvestment Act. The standards have largely been untouched since 1995.

Consumer advocates are both happy with aspects of the final rule and frustrated that regulators didn’t go further. Trade groups representing banks also see the final rule as a mixed bag.

Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act directed the CFPB to establish financial data-sharing rules. More than 13 years after the DFA was signed into law, the CFPB issued a proposed rule to carry out the 1033 mandate. The rule aims to facilitate open banking.

A split among circuit courts prompted the Supreme Court to take up a case involving banks and mortgage escrow accounts. The dispute centers on federal preemption of state requirements for financial institutions to make interest payments on funds in mortgage escrow accounts.

In an interview with the Mortgage Bankers Association’s president and CEO, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra confirmed that changes to the agency’s mortgage servicing rules would come in 2024.

A Texas district court expanded its injunction against the CFPB’s small-business lending data collection requirements. Meanwhile, the Senate voted to overturn the rule though President Biden threatened a veto.

CFPB sends credit card report to Congress; bureau fines remittance provider; Ameris Bank settles redlining charges; NMLS issues new version of Mortgage Call Report.

The Supreme Court’s decision on the CFPB’s funding will decide not just the future of the agency and its regulations but will also hold implications for what kinds of appropriations Congress can author.

The bureau alleges Freedom Mortgage submitted 2020 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data that was riddled with errors, demonstrating insufficient improvements after a 2019 consent order.