BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION 12 CFR Part 1026 [Docket No. CFPB-2016-0038] RIN 3170-AA61 Amendments to Federal Mortgage Disclosure Requirements under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. ACTION: Final rule; official interpretation. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is modifying the Federal mortgage disclosure requirements under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the Truth in Lending Act that are implemented in Regulation Z. This rule memorializes the Bureau’s informal guidance on various issues and makes additional clarifications and technical amendments. This rule also creates tolerances for the total of payments, adjusts a partial exemption mainly affecting housing finance agencies and nonprofits, extends coverage of the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosure (integrated disclosure) requirements to all cooperative units, and provides guidance on sharing the integrated disclosures with various parties involved in the mortgage origination process. DATES: The final rule is effective [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER]. However, the mandatory compliance date is October 1, 2018. For additional discussion of these dates, see part VI of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Section below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Haywood, Paralegal Specialist, 2 Dania Ayoubi, Pedro De Oliveira, Angela Fox, Jaclyn Maier, Alexandra Reimelt, and Shelley Thompson, Counsels, and Krista Ayoub, David Friend, Nicholas Hluchyj, and Priscilla Walton-Fein, Senior Counsels, Office of Regulations, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, at 202-435-7700. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Summary of the Final Rule For more than 30 years, Federal law required lenders to issue two overlapping sets of disclosures to consumers applying for a mortgage. In October 2015, integrated disclosures issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, took effect.1 The Bureau has worked actively to support implementation both before and after the effective date by providing compliance guides, webinars, and other implementation aids. To further these ongoing efforts, on July 28, 2016, the Bureau proposed amendments to the integrated disclosure requirements in Regulation Z (the proposal). 2 The Bureau is now issuing this final rule to memorialize certain past informal guidance, whether provided through webinar, compliance guide, or otherwise, and make additional clarifications and technical amendments. This final rule also makes a limited number of additional substantive changes where the Bureau has identified discrete solutions to specific implementation challenges. Specifically, among other changes, the final rule:
