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CFPB Proposes New Foreclosure Rules
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposedrnsome new measures affecting the way servicers handle mortgages in variousrnstages of default. The changes willrnrequire servicers to:</p<ul type="disc"
The changes also require servicers to notify</bborrowers when their loss mitigation applications are complete so thatrnborrowers know the status of the applications and the key foreclosurernprotections provided and to provide specific information to some borrowers inrnbankruptcy. The proposal would also makernchanges to the mortgage servicing rules such as providing flexibility forrnservicers to comply with certain force-placed insurance and periodic statementrndisclosure requirements. The changes would clarify several early intervention,rnloss mitigation, information request, and prompt crediting of paymentsrnrequirements, as well as the small servicer exemption. Further, the proposalrnwould exempt servicers from providing periodic statements under certain circumstancesrnwhen the servicer has charged off the mortgage. </p
CFPB said that thernproposal reflects the continued consultation with consumer advocacy groups,rnindustry representatives and other stakeholders which has been ongoing sincernits mortgage servicing rules took effect. rnThe proposedrnrule will be open for public comment for 90 days after its publication in thernFederal Register.
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