CFPB Issues Small Entity Compliance Guide for Its Mortgage Servicing Final Rule. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has published an updated version of its Small Entity Compliance Guide for its 2016 mortgage servicing final rule, incorporating amendments made to mortgage servicing provisions in Regulation X and Regulation Z. ... Bureau, Other Regulators, Hold Exemption Threshold for Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans Steady. The CFPB, the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency decided to maintain at $25,500 the exemption threshold for appraisals for higher-priced mortgage loans under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z). ...