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.
  • April 6, 2018
    April 6, 2018 The Honorable Mike Crapo The Honorable Sherrod Brown Chairman Ranking Member Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs & Urban Affairs U.S. Senate U.S. Senate 534 Dirksen Office Building 534 Dirksen Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Brown: The Consumer Bankers Association (...
  • March 15, 2018
    On Thursday, March 15, 2018, the OCC issued a press release stating that performance of first-lien mortgages remained largely unchanged during the fourth quarter of 2017 compared with a year earlier, according to the OCC’s quarterly report on mortgages. Highlights from the report are: 94.5 percent of mortgages included in the report were current and performing at the end of the quarter, compared...
  • March 8, 2018
    On Thursday, March 8, 2018, the CFPB issued its final rule aimed at giving mortgage servicers more latitude in providing statements to consumers entering or exiting bankruptcy, as required by the CFPB’s 2016 mortgage servicing rule. The Truth in Lending Act requires mortgage servicers to provide periodic statements to borrowers, and the Bureau has developed sample forms for servicers to use. The...
  • January 8, 2018
    January 8, 2018 The Honorable Blaine Luetkemeyer Chairman Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit U.S. House of Representatives 2230 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Lacy Clay Ranking Member Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit U.S. House of Representatives...
  • December 21, 2017
    On Thursday, December 21, 2017, the CFPB issued a public statement announcing the Bureau does not intend to require data resubmission unless data errors are material, or assess penalties with respect to errors for data collected in 2018 and reported in 2019 under HMDA. The Bureau also announced it intends to pen rulemaking process to reconsider various aspects of the 2015 HMDA rule. The Bureau...
  • November 29, 2017
    On Wednesday, November 29, 2017, the Fed, OCC, and FDIC issued a final rule revising regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The final rule amended the definitions of “home mortgage loan” and “consumer loan” to align with changes to CFPB Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The final rule also amended CRA public file content requirements...
  • November 28, 2017
    On Tuesday, November 28, 2017, the Federal Reserve (Fed) issued a consent order against Peoples Bank of Lawrence, KS, claiming the bank engaged in deceptive residential mortgage origination practices which violated the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA). According to the Fed, Peoples told borrowers they were paying a certain amount for discount points that would lower the borrower’s interest...
  • November 24, 2017
    Washington, D.C. – The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA), along with four other trades, today urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to alter the way the agency reports loan-level HMDA data to prevent the public release of individual consumers’ HMDA data and unnecessary exposure to increased privacy risks, identity theft and fraud. In order to protect consumers from harm, the...
  • November 24, 2017
    November 24, 2017 Monica Jackson Office of the Executive Secretary Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20552 Re: Disclosure of Loan-Level HMDA Data; Docket No. CFPB-2017-0025 Dear Ms. Jackson, We appreciate the opportunity to provide comments on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) proposed policy guidance, Disclosure of Loan-Level HMDA...
  • November 20, 2017
    On Monday, November 20, 2017, the Federal Reserve, FDIC and OCC announced amendments to their respective Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. The changes conform to conforming to amendments made by the CFPB to Regulation C, implementing the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). In addition, the final rule contains technical corrections and removes obsolete references to the Neighborhood...

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