As a follow-up to our April 30, 2014, memorandum (click here) notifying you of the CFPB’s proposed rule to add a cure provision to the qualified mortgage points and fees limitation in §1026.43(e)(3) of Regulation Z, this is to inform you that the CFPB has now published this proposed rule for public comment in the May 6, 2014, issue of the Federal Register (click here). The text of the proposed amendments and their proposed official interpretations are set out below: Proposed Amendments (3) Limits on points and fees for qualified mortgages. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (e)(3)(iii) of this section, a covered transaction is not a qualified mortgage unless the transaction’s total points and fees, as defined in §1026.32(b)(1), do not exceed: * * * * * (iii) If the creditor or assignee determines after consummation that the total points and fees payable in connection with a loan exceed the applicable limit under paragraph (e)(3)(i) of this section, the loan is not precluded from being a qualified mortgage, provided: (A) The creditor originated the loan in good faith as a qualified mortgage and the loan otherwise meets the requirements of paragraphs (e)(2), (e)(4), (e)(5), (e)(6), or (f) of this section, as applicable;
