Some 9.02% of purchase-mortgage applications were turned away in 2024, compared to 9.49% in the previous year, an analysis of HMDA data showed. (Includes data table.)

In just under two months, the bureau’s temporary mortgage servicing provisions enacted in response to the pandemic will end, potentially disrupting servicing operations.

The bureau’s proposed data broker rule was withdrawn. And the agency is considering whether it will also get rid of its nonbank registry final rule.

The exemption from standards for qualified mortgages would increase to include banks with up to $50 billion in assets.

The move is unlikely to have much impact on states, according to industry attorneys.

House passes budget bill that would slash CFPB funding cap; CFPB sharply reduces consent order fine; CFPB moving forward with ICBA testing for revised loan disclosures; FTA defends open banking rule.

President Trump plans to nominate Jonathan McKernan as undersecretary of domestic finance at the Department of the Treasury. The news comes as a surprise as McKernan was slated to be the next director of the CFPB.

The appeals court later this month will consider the separation of powers and other arguments raised by the parties involved.

If passed by the full House and Senate, the CFPB would only have around 30% of its current funding availability.

Moving forward, the bureau will issue guidance only when necessary and if compliance burdens will be reduced.