The CFPB and five other federal agencies issued a joint proposed rule aiming to set quality control standards for the use of automated valuation models. Separately, regulators issued proposed guidance for reconsiderations of value.
The Supreme Court held that a Minnesota county violated the Constitution’s takings clause when it kept excess proceeds from a tax foreclosure sale after paying off the homeowner’s tax debt. The ruling has implications for mortgage servicers.
The CFPB stressed that any use of a chatbot in customer service roles should meet financial institutions’ legal obligations. The bureau also outlined a series of problems reported in consumer complaints.
The now-shuttered Sprout Mortgage, its former CEO and other defendants have agreed to shell out $3.5 million to settle four consolidated class actions brought by former employees of the non-QM lender.
The Department of Justice reached a settlement with Stroudsburg, PA-based ESSA Bank & Trust over redlining allegations. The lender has agreed to invest at least $2.9 million in a home loan subsidy fund.
Members of the Federal Reserve’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council have raised concerns that Section 1071 reporting requirements and Community Reinvestment Act modernization could hurt their ability to offer services.
The CFPB accused OneMain Financial of misleading consumers into signing up for optional add-on products and failing to refund interest charges when consumers canceled those products.
Several amicus briefs have been filed in defense of the CFPB’s funding structure in a case the Supreme Court will hear in its next term. Former and current members of Congress and academics said the bureau’s funding is consistent with historical practice.
Housing and mortgage markets could descend into chaos if bureau rules are invalidated by the Supreme Court, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association and other trade groups.
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