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New CFPB Form Lacking on Settlement Costs, ALTA Says

September 26, 2011
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may be making substantial progress on its integrated consumer mortgage disclosure form, but the land title sector is concerned the prototype products generated to date are inadequate when it comes to the disclosure of specific settlement costs. The American Land Title Association told the bureau that the CFPB’s Know Before You Owe project has successfully identified ways to improve the disclosure of loan costs by making them more transparent. However, suggestions for how to disclose some settlement costs, in particular title insurance and attorney fees, have not reached a desired level of transparency and lack the necessary flexibility to avoid consumer confusion.
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