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Category: Blog
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Back from the Dead: Zombie Second Mortgages
Category: Blog
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New tactics from companies trying to charge illegal junk fees
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Finds Mortgage Companies Create Obstacles for Homeowners After Death or Divorce
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Homeowners face problems with mortgage companies after divorce or death of a loved one
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action Against Fay Servicing for Illegal Foreclosure Actions and Violating Law Enforcement Order
Category: Blog
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Junk fees that harm competition
Category: Press release
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CFPB Proposes Rules to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure
Category: Office of Research Publication Borrower Experiences with Mortgage Servicing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Category: Blog
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CFPB approves rule to ensure accuracy and accountability in the use of AI and algorithms in home appraisals
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action Against Repeat Offender Freedom Mortgage Corporation for Violating Law Enforcement Order and for Housing Data Errors
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action to Stop Illegal Junk Fees in Mortgage Servicing
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 33 (Spring 2024)
Category: Blog
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Office of Research blog: A look at cash-out refinance mortgages and their borrowers between 2013 to 2023
Category: Director's statement
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Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Symposium on Property Insurance
Category: Press release
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CFPB Sues Repeat Offender Freedom Mortgage Corporation for Providing False Information to Federal Regulators
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at The Mortgage Collaborative National Conference
Category: Press release
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Agencies to Host Roundtable on Special Purpose Credit Programs
Category: Blog
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How are mortgages with a COVID-related forbearance performing in 2023?
Category: Blog
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The CFPB intends to identify ways to simplify and streamline the existing mortgage servicing rules
Category: Blog
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Adjustable-rate loans are changing, because a widely-used interest rate index expires in June
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Junk Fees Special Edition, Issue 29, Winter 2023
Category: Blog
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For many struggling mortgage borrowers with home equity, selling their home could be an alternative to foreclosure
Category: Blog
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CFPB releases updates to mortgage servicing exam procedures
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action Against Carrington Mortgage for Cheating Homeowners out of CARES Act Rights
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 28, Fall 2022
Category: Press release
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CFPB Launches Effort to Spur New Opportunities for Homeowners in the Mortgage Market
Category: Report Mortgage Servicing COVID-19 Pandemic Response Metrics: New Observations from Data Reported by Sixteen Servicers for May-December 2021
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases Report on Mortgage Servicing Metrics
Category: Blog
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Helping borrowers hold mortgage servicers accountable
Category: Office of Research Publication New Data on the Characteristics of Mortgage Borrowers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Category: Blog
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Using the Homeowner Assistance Fund program to help borrowers prevent foreclosure
Category: Blog
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If you’re a homeowner struggling to make housing-related payments due to the pandemic, help is available or coming soon
Category: Press release
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CFPB and DOJ Put Landlords and Mortgage Servicers on Notice About Servicemembers’ and Veterans’ Rights
Category: Blog
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Seven examples of unfair practices and other violations by mortgage servicers: CFPB supervision activities uncover red flags
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 25, Fall 2021
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Highlights Supervisory Findings of Wide-Ranging Violations of Law in 2021
Category: Blog
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The LIBOR index for adjustable-rate loans is being discontinued: here’s what to watch for
Category: Director's statement
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Statement by CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on HUD Guidance on Special Purpose Credit Programs
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action to Prevent Avoidable Foreclosures
Category: Blog
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Deadline to request initial forbearance for HUD/FHA, USDA, or VA backed loans is extended until National Emergency ends
Category: Blog
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New rule ensures mortgage servicers provide options to potentially vulnerable borrowers exiting forbearance
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of Acting Director Dave Uejio at the NFHA’s Virtual Forum on Special Purpose Credit Programs
Category: Blog
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Mortgage refinance loans drove an increase in closed-end originations in 2020, new CFPB report finds
Category: Report Mortgage Servicing COVID-19 Pandemic Response Metrics: Observations from Data Reported by Sixteen Servicers
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report: Mortgage Servicers’ Pandemic Response Varies Significantly
Category: Blog
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Federal housing protections have ended – Learn how to avoid foreclosure and eviction
Category: Blog
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We have resources to help you avoid foreclosure
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 24, Summer 2021
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Rules to Facilitate Smooth Transition as Federal Foreclosure Protections Expire
Category: Blog
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As foreclosure protections end, it’s time to work with your mortgage servicer
Category: Office of Research Publication Characteristics of Mortgage Borrowers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Category: Press release
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CFPB Proposes Mortgage Servicing Changes to Prevent Wave of COVID-19 Foreclosures
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of Acting Director Dave Uejio on the CFPB Proposal for Mortgage Servicing Changes
Category: Blog
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Mortgage Servicer Communication: Strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic
Category: Press release
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CFPB Compliance Bulletin Warns Mortgage Servicers: Unprepared is Unacceptable
Category: Blog
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Homeowners have expanded access to protections
Category: Blog
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Struggling during the pandemic? COVID-19 financial relief and protections extended
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, COVID-19 Prioritized Assessments Special Edition (Issue 23)
Category: Blog
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Mortgage relief deadlines extended
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Multiple States Enter into Settlement with Nationstar Mortgage, LLC for Unlawful Servicing Practices
Category: Blog
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How to help homeowners protect their homes
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 22 (Summer 2020)
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Proposed Rule on Escrow Exemptions for Certain High-Priced Mortgage Loans
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Interim Final Rule on Loss Mitigation Options for Homeowners Recovering from Pandemic-Related Financial Hardships
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Steps to Facilitate LIBOR Transition
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Outlines Mortgage Loan Transfer Process to Prevent Consumer Harm
Category: Press release
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CFPB and FHFA Announce Borrower Protection Program
Category: Press release
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Federal Agencies Encourage Mortgage Servicers to Work with Struggling Homeowners Affected by COVID-19
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 21 (Winter 2020)
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases New Report Exploring Differences between Large and Small Mortgage Servicers
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Servicer size in the mortgage market
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Interpretitive Rule on Screening and Training Requirements for Mortgage Loan Originators
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with BSI Financial Services
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 18 (Winter 2019)
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Publishes Assessments of Ability-to-Repay and Mortgage Servicing Rules
Category: Report 2013 RESPA Servicing Rule Assessment Report
Category: Press release
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Agencies Announce Dollar Thresholds in Regulations Z and M for Exempt Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
Category: Office of Research Publication Technical Reports: National Survey of Mortgage Originations and National Mortgage Database
Category: Press release
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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Releases Latest Supervisory Highlights
Category: Press release
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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Finalizes Amendment to "Know Before You Owe" Mortgage Disclosure Rule
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Final Rule To Help Mortgage Servicers Communicate With Certain Borrowers Facing Bankruptcy
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Interim Final Rule To Help Mortgage Servicers Communicate With Certain Borrowers At Risk Of Foreclosure
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2018
Category: Blog
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We are seeking comment on our plan for assessing the mortgage servicing rule
Category: Report Diversity and Inclusion in the Mortgage Industry: Readout from an opening roundtable
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases Report Outlining Strategies for Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in the Mortgage Industry
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Spring 2017
Category: Press release
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CFPB Sues Ocwen for Failing Borrowers Throughout Mortgage Servicing Process
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Ocwen Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release
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CFPB Orders Citi Subsidiaries to Pay $28.8 Million for Giving the Runaround to Borrowers Trying to Save Their Homes
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Mortgage Bankers Association
Category: Blog
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We’ve updated our mortgage servicing rules to provide greater protections for mortgage borrowers and other homeowners
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Expands Foreclosure Protections
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Mortgage Servicing Special Edition
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Supervision Finds Mortgage Servicers' Ongoing Technology Failures and Process Breakdowns Trigger Rule Violations
Category: Report Testing of Bankruptcy Periodic Statement Forms for Mortgage Servicing
Category: Press release
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CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Examines Mortgage Complaints
Category: Blog
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Fall 2015 rulemaking agenda
Category: Press release
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CFPB Recovers $107 Million in Relief for More Than 238,000 Consumers Through Supervisory Actions

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