In the February 4, 2019, issue of the Federal Register (84 FR 1356, click here) the CFPB revised comment 35(b)(2)(iii)-1.iii.E....
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HMDA Asset-Size Exemption Threshold Increased for 2019 – Regulation C, Supplement I, Paragraph 1003.2-2(g)
In the January 31, 2019, issue of the Federal Register (Vol. 84, No. 513, click here) the Bureau of Consumer Financial...
TREC Adopts New Third Party Financing Addendum TREC NO. 40-8
This memorandum advises our clients that effective March 1, 2019, the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts a new Third...
Mortgage Credit Certificate Program Notice by TDHCA
In the December 21, 2018, issue of the Texas Register (Vol. 51, No. 43) the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs...
CRA Asset-size Thresholds Revised for 2019
In the December 27, 2018, issue of the Federal Register (83 FR 66601, click here) the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency...
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...
HUD Removes Ten-Year Home Warranty Protection Plan Requirements For High-LTV FHA Single Family Loans
In the December 14, 2018, issue of the Federal Register (83 FR 64269, click here) HUD published a final rule (“Rule”), effective...
CFPB Releases Beta Version of 2018 HMDA Data Platform
As a companion to the HMDA Examiner Transaction Testing Guidelines memorandum posted on our website yesterday,...
HMDA Examiner Transaction Testing Guidelines
As the 2018 HMDA data reporting deadline of March 1, 2019, is approaching, this memorandum is to remind our clients who report...
Federal Regulatory Agencies Joint Statement on Innovative Efforts to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
On December 3, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the...