Industry Reps Rattle Off Many Suggested Changes to ATR Rule
January 21, 2014
With the mortgage industry having failed to delay implementation of the CFPBs ability-to-repay rule/qualified mortgage standard, industry representatives have shifted gears and are now pressing for numerous alterations to the bureaus controversial rule, which took effect Jan. 10. During a hearing last week before the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, the Mortgage Bankers Association had a number of recommendations, including abandoning the rebuttable presumption level of legal...