Thursday, February 6, 2020

Housing Policy Group Calls for Delay of ‘QRM’ Definition Review

The Coalition for Sensible Housing Policy -- a broad group of financial, housing and community development stakeholders -- wrote on January 30 to the federal banking agencies urging them to delay the conclusion of a mandated review of the “qualified residential mortgage” definition and related provisions of the credit risk retention rule.

The groups called for a delay until the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalizes and implements the changes it is currently considering to the Qualified Mortgage definition. “It is only after the CFPB has made its final determination on the definition of QM, and following some period of experience under the new QM configurations, that the agencies would be in a position to evaluate and seek comment on the market and consumer impacts of QM/QRM equivalency versus divergence of the definitions,” the groups wrote.

The agencies were required to begin the review no later than Dec. 24, 2019, pursuant to the timeline set forth in the original rule.

Read the letter.

No comments:

Post a Comment

 

The content is provided for educational purposes only, with the understanding that neither the authors, contributors, nor the publishers of this site are engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other expert or professional services. If legal or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought.

Comments appearing in response to articles appearing on this site do not necessarily reflect the views of the ABA. ABA makes no representations regarding the truth or accuracy of commentary or opinions that may be posted in response to the articles that appear on this website.

The inclusion herein of any link to a website, either in the text of an article or in a comment, does not denote any approval, sponsorship, or endorsement by the ABA, and ABA is not responsible for the content or opinions expressed on those linked websites or related commentary. This content is not licensed to third parties sites and is not affiliated with any third party site. Any reference to the author or this content on any third party site on the Internet is not authorized by the ABA.

It is the policy of the American Bankers Association to comply fully with all antitrust laws. Certain discussions should be considered off-limits, including those that contain competitively sensitive data such as price and cost information, or statements that could be construed as reflecting an attempt or desire to control or influence a particular market or markets. Future pricing or other prospective competitive information should never be shared.