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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Rule on Higher-Priced Mortgage Loan Escrow Exemption

January 19, 2021 / Source: CFPB

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) today issued a final rule to implement a requirement of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA). The final rule exempts certain insured depository institutions and insured credit unions from the requirement to establish escrow accounts for certain higher-priced mortgage loans (HPMLs).

The final rule takes effect upon publication in the Federal Register and exempts from the HPML escrow requirement any loan made by an insured depository institution or insured credit union and secured by a first lien on the principal dwelling of a consumer if (1) the institution has assets of $10 billion or less; (2) the institution and its affiliates originated 1,000 or fewer loans secured by a first lien on a principal dwelling during the preceding calendar year; and (3) certain of the existing HPML escrow exemption criteria are met.

To read the final rule click here: https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/cfpb_higher-priced-mortgage-loan-escrow-exemption_final-rule_2021-01.pdf .

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MORTGAGES

CREDIT UNIONS

RULEMAKING

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