In the January 21, 2026 issue of the Federal Register (91 FR 2517 click here), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced...
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VA Circular 26-24-14 Creates Temporary Local Variance for Veteran-Buyers to Pay Buyer-Broker Charges
On June 11 2024, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) published Circular 26-24-14 (click here) that announced a temporary...
CFPB and DOJ Issue Joint Letter to Mortgage Servicers Regarding Servicemember and Veteran Homeowner Protections During the COVID-19 Pandemic
On December 20, 2021, the CFPB and DOJ issued a joint letter to mortgage servicers on military homeowner protections under the...
VA Publishes Regulations Establishing Processes and Procedures for Issuing Guidance Documents
In the November 13, 2020, issue of the Federal Register (85 FR 72569, click here) VA published a final rule that creates a new...
VA Revises Cash-out Home Refinance Loan Regulations
On May 24, 2018, the “Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending Act” (herein “VA Act”) was signed into law, effective as of...
VA Changes to Qualified Mortgage Loans
On May 24, 2018, the “Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending Act” (“VA Act”) was signed into law, effective as of that date,...
VA Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Revising Allowable Charges and Fees Schedule in 38 CFR 36.4313(d)
In the April 13, 2017, issue of the Federal Register (82 FR 17792, click here) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) notifying the public that the VA is currently reviewing its regulations governing the allowable expenses that a veteran may pay or be charged in connection with obtaining a VA-guaranteed home loan, with a request for public comment, including the following questions republished in this memorandum.
Department of Veterans Affairs Issues Policy Clarification Regarding VA’s Non-Allowable Fee Itemization Requirements for Closing Disclosure
On April 11, 2016, the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) issued a circular explaining VA’s fee itemization requirements regarding the Integrated Closing Disclosure (“CD”) for consumer transactions governed by the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (Circular 26-16-11, click here). The circular requires that, for so-called “non-allowable” fees and charges under 36.4313(d)(2), any credits used to offset such fees must be separately itemized on the CD in the Seller Paid or Paid By Others column.
VA State Foreclosure Timeframes Allowable for Payment of Interest
In the December 4, 2015, issue of the Federal Register (80 FR 75899, click here), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued a notice concerning the state foreclosure timeframes allowable in the calculation of the maximum interest payable on a foreclosure of a VA-guaranteed loan. The new foreclosure timeframes will be effective for all loan terminations completed on or after January 4, 2016.
Proposed VA ARM Notification Requirements and Look-Back Period
In the January 29, 2015, issue of the Federal Register (80 FR 4812, click here) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a proposed rule to amend its ARM regulations at 38 CFR 36.4312(d) that, as stated in the proposed rule’s preamble, “would align VA’s disclosure and interest rate adjustment requirements with the implementing regulations of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), as recently revised by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Specifically, the [proposed] rule would amend the timing, content, and format requirements for the disclosures provided to borrowers prior to an interest-rate adjustment. The proposed regulation would also require that an interest-rate adjustment correspond with the interest rate index available 45 days prior to the adjustment.