Regulatory streamlining is absolutely essential if smaller mortgage lenders are going to survive the threat they face from their enormous regulatory burdens, two industry trade groups told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently. “Currently, the industry is dealing with several new rules, including those under the Secure and Fair Enforcement Act for Mortgage Licensing and the Truth in Lending Act, and faces an unprecedented wave of additional rules required under Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,” said the Consumer Mortgage Coalition ...