Beginning April 26, 2023, articles will be posted to the Regulatory & Industry Announcements forum on our Community Lounge. You will need an account to view these articles. If you ...
On May 3, 2022, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will require use of the Supplemental Consumer Information Form (SCIF) beginning March 1, ...
On August 8, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule aimed at helping the mortgage industry determine how to handle the June 19, 2021 holiday. On June ...
On July 7, 2021, Fannie Mae released its Selling Guide Announcement SEL-2021-06 and Freddie Mac released its Selling Bulletin 2021-25, both of which included an announcement about Fannie Mae and ...
On April 20, 2021, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) made a joint Uniform Loan Application Dataset/Uniform Residential Loan Application (ULAD/URLA) announcement reminding lenders that starting on May 1, 2021, ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has revised its Form 26-8261a Request for Certificate of Veteran Status (JUL 2020). The following changes have been made and are effective immediately: The ...
On September 2, 2020, Fannie Mae published SEL-2020-05 to announce the following revisions to its Selling Guide: A manufactured home is now eligible as an accessory dwelling unit. The comparable ...
In December 2018, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) published a revised Uniform Underwriting and Transmittal Summary (Form 1008). This optional form is used to summarize key data from the ...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently published a revised version of the Consumer Handbook on Adjustable Rate Mortgages (CHARM) booklet. This booklet is required under the Real Estate Settlement ...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued an interpretive rule (the “Rule”) regarding a consumer’s right to waive or modify certain timing requirements under the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (“TRID”) and ...