Many private lenders consider HMDA compliance and reporting to be a substantial burden. Dealing with needless government regulation and reporting is high on the list of frustrations small business owners face. The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (Reg C), also known as HMDA, is one example in the private lending industry. It requires private lenders to [...]
What does this mean under a Biden presidency? This is a follow-up to “The Future of the CFPB Is at Stake,” published in the Q2 2020 issue of Private Lender. On June 29, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its highly anticipated decision in Seila Law vs. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [...]
The Supreme Court’s decision has the potential to heavily impact current lending practices. On March 3, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The issue in this case is whether the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) violates Article II, Section 3 of [...]
The Quiet Battle over Obama-Era Regulations If you think you missed some knock down, drag out battle over the nation’s Fair Housing and Fair Lending protections over the last year, you would be wrong. There certainly has been some knocking down of regulations since last summer, but, in contrast to the splashy headlines around the [...]
Congress enacted the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (“HMDA”) in 1975 to ensure fair lending practices are followed by banks and lending institutions. HMDA requires certain lenders to collect, record, report, and disclose information about their mortgage lending activities. Why does it matter this year? It now applies to business purpose loans. Under the new HMDA [...]
Applied Business Software (“ABS”) announced the upcoming update to The Mortgage Office™ Loan Origination System (LOS) will be ready for the collection and reporting changes of the 2018 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and Regulation C (HMDA). The upcoming enhancements will enable our users to easily collect and report the loan data as defined in HMDA [...]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unveiled its latest portal created to satisfy changes to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The agency gave the mortgage industry a first look at the gateway in August. The CFPB portal will be useful for institutions seeking organized reporting and transparency. Instead of providing obscure HMDA reports and [...]
The mortgage industry is anticipating significant changes when it implements the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's 2016 Servicing Rule, but determining how those changes will affect operations will have to wait until the rule is fully implemented. The CFPB will not allow early compliance with the new regulations, which leaves the mortgage servicing industry left questioning [...]
On the campaign trail, candidate Donald Trump frequently discussed the need to scrap the Dodd-Frank Act (the “Act”). Following the election, the President-elect’s transition team signaled that reform will most likely come incrementally. The area most likely to be tackled first encompasses the portions of the Act that have hampered lending by small lenders and [...]
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