Regulatory Updates

FHFA: Proposed Rule Issued on Federal Home Loan Bank Housing Goals

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is seeking comments on proposed amendments to the existing regulation for the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) Housing Goals. The proposed rule would: Set a single prospective mortgage purchase housing goal as a share of each FHLBank’s total Acquired Member Asset (AMA) purchases; Set a new small member participation…

CFPB: Fall 2018 Rulemaking Agenda

The Bureau’s general purpose, as specified in section 1021 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), is to implement and enforce Federal consumer financial law consistently for the purpose of ensuring that all consumers have access to markets for consumer financial products and services and that markets for consumer financial…

FDIC: Interpretive and Procedural Rule on Partial Exemption from HMDA Requirements

FDIC FIL-58-2018 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA): Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Interpretive and Procedural Rule on Partial Exemptions from HMDA Requirements Printable Format: FIL-58-2018 – PDF (PDF Help) Summary: The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection released an interpretive and procedural rule to implement and clarify amendments to HMDA made by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief,…

FHFA: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is issuing a proposed rule to require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) to align programs, policies, and practices that affect the prepayment rates of “To-Be-Announced” (TBA)-eligible mortgage-backed securities (MBS).  The objective of the proposed rule is to enhance the overall liquidity of Enterprise TBA-eligible MBS by supporting…

CFPB: New Rule Updates Fair Credit Reporting Act Model Consumer Disclosures

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) today issued an interim final rule updating two model disclosures to reflect changes made to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by recent legislation. In May 2018, Congress passed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which requires nationwide consumer reporting agencies to provide “national security…

CFPB: Rule Issued to Implement and Clarify New HMDA Amendments

Today the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) issued an interpretive and procedural rule to implement and clarify the requirements of section 104(a) of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), which amended the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The Bureau also released updates to the Filing Instructions Guide (FIG) for…

OCC: Agency Seeks Comments on Modernizing Community Reinvestment Act Regulations

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comment on the best ways to modernize the regulatory framework implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). “As a long-time banker, I have seen firsthand the benefit of CRA investment and how it makes communities vibrant. I applaud…

OCC: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Community Reinvestment Act

OCC BULLETIN 2018-24 Description: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Summary The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on its website inviting public comment on ways to transform or modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The ANPR solicits ideas on how to…

OCC: Revisions to Impact of Evidence of Discriminatory or Other Illegal Credit Practices on CRA Ratings

Description: Revisions to Impact of Evidence of Discriminatory or Other Illegal Credit Practices on Community Reinvestment Act Ratings Summary The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing this bulletin to make public the revised Policies and Procedures Manual (PPM) 5000-43, which clarifies the OCC’s policy for applying the regulatory framework to determine…

HUD: Department Seeks to Streamline and Enhance “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Rule

Notice solicits public’s comments on ways to improve fair housing choice WASHINGTON – The U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published a notice inviting public comment on amendments to its Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulations. HUD’s goal in pursuing new rulemaking is to offer more helpful guidance to states and local communities to…