With the qualified mortgage “patch” scheduled to sunset in 2021, lenders are pushing for changes to the Appendix Q documentation requirements amid a broader debate over the debt-to-income limit.
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The third meeting this year between officials of the CFPB and the CMLA focused on the loan originator compensation rule. The trade group noted that bureau Director Kathy Kraninger is open to industry feedback.
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The Seventh Circuit Court recently ruled that emails containing only hyperlinks do not qualify as “communication” under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which may have ramifications for the CFPB’s debt collection proposal.
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The CFPB named a high-ranking official of a student loan servicer as the bureau’s private education loan ombudsman. The move has drawn criticism from consumer groups.
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Democratic lawmakers expressed concerns over Paul Watkins and his fitness to oversee the CFPB’s innovation programs, due to his past work at a conservative religious group which is allegedly anti-LGBTQ.
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A broker agreed to pay roughly $275,000 to settle allegations related to pension scams in a proposed consent order with the CFPB and the Arkansas State Attorney General.
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As a leader of consumer protections at the state level, New York recently enacted legislation to prevent mortgage scams and impose additional obligations on mortgage servicers.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. voted unanimously to approve a rule that would expand the universe of non-agency mortgages that don’t require an appraisal. Consumer groups are angry that CFPB supports it.
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