Mortgage and Home Equity

Mortgage and home equity products have received increased regulatory and legislative scrutiny over the past few years. Historically, CBA has focused on home equity as a major retail product of our members. However, the Dodd-Frank Act’s elimination of federal preemption standards previously afforded to operational subsidiaries has forced many depository institutions to internalize their primary mortgage products, making them a more traditional retail issue. CBA is focused primarily on the efforts of the CFPB to regulate in this space, including TILA-RESPA reform, Qualified Mortgage (QM) rulemaking, and Dodd-Frank Title 14 rulemaking.
  • February 27, 2015
    CFPB to Host Arbitration Field Hearing in Newark Earlier this week, the CFPB posted notice that next month in Newark, N.J. it intends to hold a field hearing on arbitration. According to the CFPB, the hearing will take place on March 10, 2015, at 11 a.m. EST and will feature remarks from Director Richard Cordray, as well as the industry, consumer groups and others. The Dodd-Frank Act requires the...
  • February 13, 2015
    CFPB Releases Study on Mortgage Complaints On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, the CFPB released a study entitled: "Snapshot of reverse mortgage complaints December 2011 - December 2014," which analyzes about 1,200 reverse mortgage complaints received by the agency. According to a CFPB press release , the top reverse mortgage complaints included distress about the inability to add new borrowers to...
  • February 6, 2015
    Wennes Rolls Out CBA's 2015 Legislative and Regulatory Agenda CBA's Board of Directors Chairman Tim Wennes unveiled our 2015 legislative and regulatory priorities to the media on February 4, 2015 at CBA's world headquarters. Tim covered the state of the retail banking industry, the depth and impact of our member banks on the economy, and the health of small business lending. I discussed our push...
  • January 30, 2015
    ​CFPB Urges Lenders to Offer More Student Loan Modifications Available On Thursday, January 29, 2015, the CFPB announced interagency guidance and a voluntary survey of student loan market participants about the loan modification options being made available to borrowers. Issued by the OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, National Credit Union Administration, CFPB , and the Federal Financial Institutions...
  • January 23, 2015
    CFPB, Maryland Take Action on Alleged Mortgage Kickbacks On Thursday, January 22, 2015, the CFPB and the Maryland Attorney General announced a joint action against Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase for an alleged illegal marketing-services-kickback scheme involving Genuine Title, a now-defunct title company. The agencies allege that Genuine Title gave the banks' loan officers cash, marketing...
  • January 16, 2015
    CFPB Announces Mortgage Shopping Tool for Potential Borrowers On Tuesday, January 13, 2015, the CFPB released a report detailing the way in which consumers shop for mortgages. Based on results from data in the National Survey of Mortgage Borrowers, conducted jointly by the CFPB and Federal Housing Finance Agency, the report found: Almost half of consumers fail to shop around before applying for a...
  • January 9, 2015
    CFPB Releases Report on MLA On Monday, December 29, 2014, the CFPB released a report claiming loopholes in the current Military Lending Act (MLA) rules cause servicemembers to incur extra costs. The report asserts loopholes have enabled companies to offer pricey loans to military families by avoiding the 36 percent rate cap and other credit protections specific to the military. This cap includes...
  • November 21, 2014
    GAO Finds Deficiencies with Internal Controls at CFPB On Tuesday, November 18, 2014, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released their annual audit report conducted on the CFPB for the year ending September 30, 2014. The report found the agency continues to struggle with internal controls, among other issues. Specifically, GAO found the CFPB did not have effective procedures in place to...
  • November 10, 2014
    Re: File Error Rate Clarification for the Request for Comment on Proposed Amendments to Regulation C, Implementing the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Docket No. CFPB-2014-0019 Dear Ms. Jackson: The Consumer Bankers Association (“CBA”) and American Bankers Association (“ABA”) would like to clarify the “File Error Rate” section of our previously submitted joint trade response (“Joint Letter”) to the...

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