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Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Cash-Out Mortgage Refinance Borrowers Improve Credit Scores
Category: Office of Research Publication Cash-Out Refinances and Paydown Behavior of Non-mortgage Debt Balances
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Draper & Kramer Mortgage for Discriminatory Mortgage Lending Practices
Category: Blog Back from the Dead: Zombie Second Mortgages
Category: Blog Strengthening Appraisal Oversight: Progress at the Appraisal Subcommittee
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Address Illegal Debt Collection Practices by the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Beware of costly, risky, and complex home equity “investment” contracts
Category: Blog Mortgage Lenders Must Comply with the Law, Not Invent Loopholes
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Home Equity Contracts: Market Overview
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Hundreds of Thousands of Mortgages in Southeast and Central Southwest US Likely Underinsured Against Flood Risk
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Ban Contract Clauses that Strip Away Fundamental Freedoms
Category: Office of Research Publication Flood Risk and the U.S. Mortgage Market
Category: Press release CFPB Seeks Input on Digital Payment Privacy and Consumer Protections
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Vanderbilt for Setting Borrowers Up to Fail in Manufactured Home Loans
Category: Blog Protecting you from unlawful debt collection at work
Category: Press release CFPB Files Lawsuit to Stop Illegal Kickback Scheme to Steer Borrowers to Rocket Mortgage
Category: Blog New tactics from companies trying to charge illegal junk fees
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Mortgage Companies Create Obstacles for Homeowners After Death or Divorce
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule to Protect Homeowners on Solar Panel Loans and Other Home Improvement Loans Paid Back Through Property Taxes
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Homeowners face problems with mortgage companies after divorce or death of a loved one
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Significant Drop in Annual Mortgage Applications and Originations in 2023
Category: Office of Research Publication 2023 Mortgage Market Activity and Trends
Category: Report Medical Collections on Credit Reports in Native American Communities
Category: Letter CFPB and IHS joint letter re: Protecting approved Purchased/Referred Care program patients from improper bills
Category: Press release CFPB Closes Overdraft Loophole to Save Americans Billions in Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Student Loan Debt Collector Performant Recovery for Illegal Fee Generating Scheme That Cost Borrowers Thousands of Dollars
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Stop Data Brokers from Selling Sensitive Personal Data to Scammers, Stalkers, and Spies
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule on Federal Oversight of Popular Digital Payment Apps to Protect Personal Data, Reduce Fraud, and Stop Illegal “Debanking”
Category: Report Annual Report of the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Address Townstone Financial’s Unlawful Redlining
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at Georgetown University’s DC Fintech Week
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on the Personal Financial Data Rights Rule
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Personal Financial Data Rights Rule to Boost Competition, Protect Privacy, and Give Families More Choice in Financial Services
Category: Press release CFPB and Justice Department Take Action Against Fairway for Redlining Black Neighborhoods in Birmingham, Alabama
Category: Press release Agencies Announce Dollar Thresholds for Applicability of Truth in Lending and Consumer Leasing Rules for Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
Category: Press release Agencies Announce Dollar Thresholds for Smaller Loan Exemption from Appraisal Requirements for Higher-priced Mortgage Loans
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at a White House Convening on Medical Debt
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Pause and review your rights when you hear from a medical debt collector
Category: Press release CFPB Director Chopra Joins White House Event on Medical Debt
Category: Consumer advisories Sepa sus derechos cuando le llame un cobrador médico | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra problemas en cobro de deudas médicas | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Aim at Double Billing and Inflated Charges in Medical Debt Collection
Category: Blog La Deuda Médica y las Prácticas de Facturación de los Hospitales sin Fines de Lucro
Category: Blog Medical Debt and Non-Profit Hospital Billing Practices
Category: Blog Debt collectors that take advantage of surviving spouses and their vulnerabilities
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Center for American Progress Housing Summit
Category: Report Data Spotlight: The Impact of Changing Mortgage Interest Rates
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 53rd Annual Legislative Conference
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the National Housing Conference
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2024
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Consumer Protection Issues in Medical and Rental Debt Collection
Category: Press release CFPB Orders NewDay USA to Pay $2.25 Million for Illegally Luring Veterans and Military Families into Cash-Out Refinance Loans
Category: Blog What we're learning: Medical debt's impact on Alaska Native communities
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Fay Servicing for Illegal Foreclosure Actions and Violating Law Enforcement Order
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra Fay Servicing por violar la ley | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Stop Contract-for-Deed Investors from Setting Borrowers Up to Fail
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra inversionistas por engañar a prestatarios | CFPB
Category: Report Report on Contract for Deed Lending
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the CFPB’s Field Hearing in St. Paul, Minnesota
Category: Blog Junk fees that harm competition
Category: Blog Las tarifas inesperadas que perjudican la competencia | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Joins Federal Regulators to Propose Rule to Standardize Data Submitted to Federal Financial Agencies
Category: Blog What we're hearing: financial challenges along the Gulf Coast
Category: Blog Escuchamos los Retos financieros en la Costa del Golfo | CFPB
Category: Press release Agencies Finalize Interagency Guidance on Reconsiderations of Value for Residential Real Estate Valuations
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Interpretive Rule to Ensure Workers Know the Costs and Fees of Paycheck Advance Products
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Final Rule to Help Ensure Credibility and Integrity of Automated Valuation Models
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Emerging Paycheck Advance Products
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rules to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure
Category: Press release CFPB propone normativa para evitar ejecuciones hipotecarias | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Exams Find Loan Servicing Failures, Illegal Debt Collection Practices, and Issues with Medical Payment Products
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Servicing and Collection of Consumer Debt, Issue 34 (Summer 2024)
Category: Press release Examenes de la CFPB encuentran fallas en productos y servicios financieros | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB and FHFA Release Updated Data from the National Survey of Mortgage Originations for Public Use
Category: Office of Research Publication Borrower Experiences with Mortgage Servicing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Category: Blog The CFPB is working to reinforce the foundation of a fair, nondiscriminatory and competitive mortgage market
Category: Press release CFPB Extends Compliance Dates for Small Business Lending Rule
Category: Press release CFPB extiende fecha de cumplimiento normativa de crédito a la pequeña empresa | CFPB
Category: Blog CFPB approves rule to ensure accuracy and accountability in the use of AI and algorithms in home appraisals
Category: Blog Protegiendo a propietarios de tasaciones discriminatorias | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Sutherland Global and NOVAD Management Consulting for Reverse Mortgage Servicing Failures
Category: Press release CFPB Actúa contra Administradores de Hipotecas Inversas | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra corporación por violar orden ejecutora | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Repeat Offender Freedom Mortgage Corporation for Violating Law Enforcement Order and for Housing Data Errors
Category: Blog New protections for payday and installment loans slated to take effect next year
Category: Director's statement Opening Statement of Director Rohit Chopra before the House Financial Services Committee
Category: Director's statement Opening Statement of Director Rohit Chopra before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes to Ban Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Proposed Ban of Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Press release CFPB Propone Prohibir Facturas Médicas en Informes de Crédito | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Lanza Proceso para Reconocer Estándares de Banca Abierta | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Process to Recognize Open Banking Standards
Category: Press release CFPB Creates Registry to Detect Corporate Repeat Offenders
Category: Press release CFPB Crea Registro para Detectar Infractores Corporativos Reincidentes | CFPB
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Final Rule to Detect and Deter Repeat Offenders
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Student Loan Servicer PHEAA for Pursuing Borrowers for Loans Discharged in Bankruptcy
Category: Press release CFPB demanda a PHEAA por perseguir a prestatarios | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Inquiry into Junk Fees in Mortgage Closing Costs
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at a White House Event Convening on Mortgage Closing Costs