Using Technology to Close a Mortgage and Relieve Stress
Anyone who has purchased a home knows how stressful the closing of amortgage loan can be. A typical closing — the meeting to complete the...
Getting to Know the CFPB: 10 Key Facts
1. The CFPB does not have any financial oversight from Congress and is not accountable for its regulatory actions to Congress or any...
Understanding the CFPB: Part 2
The broad scope of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s authority affects the way it views a real estate transaction, as evidenced...
Understanding the CFPB and its Closing Disclosure: Part 1
Reprited from Inman News (www.inman.com) Takeaways: What’s the CFPB? What’s the ability-to-pay rule? What happens when that rule is...
Mortgage Insecuritzation
Reprinted from the Legal Intelligencer. Two class action lawsuits are winding their way through the courts in Pennsylvania. Both involve...
Understanding the CFPB: Part 3
Three days means seven. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has stated, “The creditor must give the Closing Disclosure form...
Privacy Invasion... "We're here to help."
Ever heard of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)? Or the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)? Probably not. But if you...
Naming Money
When there’s trouble, bust-out nations and their central banks go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to pick up some walking around...
