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While regulators sometimes give lenders the green light to implement new rules before the legal effective date, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made no such recommendation for controversial new mortgage disclosures that take effect Oct. 3. An argument could be made for early adoption of the so-called TRID disclosures if they are truly beneficial to consumers and lenders have enough time to test the new forms, said stakeholders. The original effective date was Aug. 1, but that was moved back because of an administrative error by the CFPB. Some lenders have said they were ready for TRID, which consolidates four current forms under the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act into two integrated disclosures, at the beginning of this year. The CFPB is...