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Posted Date: Friday, June 28, 2024
Tawn Kelley, executive vice president of Taylor Morrison and president of the company’s financial services arm, delivered the 2024 National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) keynote address. She focused on the importance of adaptability, resilience and the power of personal and professional growth in the face of industry challenges. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, June 28, 2024
As federal regulators look for ways to address cybersecurity and data privacy concerns, the financial industry continues to be vocal about what it believes is necessary to achieve the proper level of security across the industry. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, June 28, 2024
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, speaking at the Family Housing Expansion Project in Minnesota, outlined several new initiatives designed to increase the supply of affordable housing, noting how they align with the Biden administration’s broader efforts to lower living costs. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, June 21, 2024
In an effort to more precisely and definitively explain why mortgage lending in formerly redlined neighborhoods continues to lag behind predominantly white areas, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) compiled an evidence-based report examining the obstacles to homeownership that still exist for people of color.
The NCRC report attempted to reconcile flaws present in existing redlining data, such as inconsistent reporting categories and mismatched demographic designations, and present it with proper context and clear explanations. Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Federal housing regulators have been busy requesting and reviewing feedback from industry stakeholders on a wide array of proposed changes impacting mortgage originators and other institutions. Below are two particularly impactful requests for information for the secondary market and third-party originators, as well as news from two prudential financial regulators. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, June 14, 2024
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra’s semi-annual report to Congress provided an opportunity for the director to defend the bureau’s recent controversial rulemakings and actions against major concerns presented by lawmakers.
Chopra testified before the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee on a wide array of activities it has undertaken this year. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, June 14, 2024
Trade organizations and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have filed amicus briefs in a case brought against Citibank by the attorney general of New York alleging violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act.
But what led to this lawsuit, with the bureau claiming banks have a duty to protect consumers from fraudulent wire transfers and the trades arguing this new interpretation is inconsistent with prior agency statements? Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, June 14, 2024
The 2024 National Settlement Services Summit featured an exclusive interview with former Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Dr. Mark Calabria, now a senior advisor at the CATO Institute, who shared his views on the economy, the regulatory environment and the role of the federal government with October Research Chief Knowledge Officer Mary Schuster.
The interview is available as the fifth installment of the Keys to Real Estate Podcast – the first to be recorded in front of a live audience. Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Federal regulators have been busy trying to answer questions about inflation and affordability in the mortgage market and the broader economy. Learn about some recent actions and perspectives put forth by top agency officials on these topics and more in this roundup. Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Cantero v. Bank of America, in which petitioners claimed the country’s second-largest bank by asset size violated New York state law by not paying interest on balances held in escrow. Dodd Frank Update reached out to Husch Blackwell Partner Susan Seaman, who has been following the case and provided expert insight. Read on »
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