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May 27, 2025

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Trump Admin Could Get Some Leeway in CFPB Case

The court on May 16 heard the government’s appeal against a preliminary injunction that prohibited it from laying off more than 1,400 bureau employees through a reduction in force process. Read More

States Grapple With Changing Mortgage Environment

Nonbanks are especially vulnerable and at-risk in the absence of consistent federal regulation, according to panelists at the Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ mortgage symposium. Read More

Denial Rates for Mortgages Decline in 2024

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.) Read More

CFPB’s COVID-19 Servicing Provisions to End

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

CFPB Withdraws Two Proposed Rules; Considers Others

The bureau’s proposed data broker rule was withdrawn.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. Read More

House Committee Advances Bills Offering Regulatory Relief

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

CFPB Rescinds Rule on State Enforcement of CFPA

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

Other News in Brief

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. Read More

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