Written by Steve Van Beek
Below are just a few quick items for your Friday - have a great weekend!
Qualified Mortgages. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has reopened the comment period for their Qualified Mortgage rule (also known as the Ability-to-Repay rule). The new comment period ends on July 9, 2012. It had been expected that the CFPB would finalize this rule in early 2012 but it kept getting pushed back - with good reason as this rule has the potential to significantly alter the mortgage market - and now looks like it will be late 2012 before a final rule. Dodd-Frank requires the rule in place by January 2013. The CFPB's notice regarding the extended comment period is here.
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Flood. A 2-month extension was passed and then signed by President Obama. This extends the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through July.
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NAFCU's Compliance Monitor. Our June 2012 issue of NAFCU's Compliance Monitor is now available for download by NAFCU members. This month the articles focus on Reporting Interest Payments to Nonresident Aliens as well as the increased Focus on Fair Lending.
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Fair Lending Webinars. The Federal Reserve's Consumer Outlook Live series is hosting a June 21st webinar on 2010 Census Data - What it Means for CRA, HMDA and Fair Lending Compliance. The webinar is free and follows on the heels of their November 2, 2011 - Fair Lending Issues and Hot Topics webinar (archived version available).
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