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Rules aim to ease expected foreclosure surge

(July 2, 2021) Rules described as designed to help prevent a surge of foreclosures as federal protections expire were finalized this week – to become effective Aug. 31 – by...

Summary outlines proposal on preventing foreclosures

(April 23, 2021) The set of proposed rules proposed earlier this month by the CFPB aimed at preventing “avoidable foreclosures” as the emergency federal foreclosure protections expire is the focus...

Rule gives evictees power to sue debt collectors

(April 23, 2021) In a follow-up to its action last week essentially freezing foreclosures until year’s end, the CFPB this week issued an interim final rule stating that tenants can...

CFPB’s bulletin on foreclosure expectations outlined

(April 16, 2021) In another summary prepared this week, NASCUS outlines a bulletin issued by the bureau April 6 detailing its expectations for mortgage servicers’ engagement with borrowers in the...

Freezing foreclosures until year’s end proposed by CFPB

(April 9, 2021) Widely depicted as a freeze on foreclosures until after Dec. 31, the CFPB this week unveiled a set of new rules it said were aimed at preventing...

CFPB outlines plan to keep tabs on mortgage servicers

(April 9, 2021) Following its proposed rules to prevent “avoidable foreclosures,” the bureau later in the week released a new bulletin detailing its expectations for mortgage servicers’ engagement with borrowers...

‘Gear up’ for foreclosures, CFPB warns

(April 2, 2021) Seemingly pulling no punches, the CFPB late this week sent a warning to mortgage servicers: unprepared for an expected surge in homeowners needing assistance is unacceptable –...

Bureau says action need to prevent evictions

(March 5, 2021) The day before CFPB Director Nominee Rohit Chopra’s appearance before a Senate committee considering his nomination, the bureau released a report from the current acting director saying...

Forbearance, foreclosure moratorium for some loans extended

(Feb. 19, 2021) The White House this week announced extensions of the moratorium on foreclosures and mortgage forbearance programs that were set to end in March to help provide relief...