Tuesday, June 7, 2011

RESPA - Real Estate Settlement & Procedures Act

HUD requires that loan originators provide borrowers with a standard Good Faith Estimate that clearly discloses loan terms and closing costs and provide borrowers with a new HUD-1 settlement statement. New RESPA regulations were published November 17, 2008 and are scheduled to take full effect on January 1, 2010. The "New RESPA Rule FAQs" were comprised from industry questions and are posted to facilitate implementation of these new requirements.

Source:  http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/housing/rmra/res/respa_hm

However, as disclosed from my earlier BLOG post, the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).  One of their new responsibilities, once they are formally in place,is to integrate the Truth In Lending Disclosure form with the Good Faith Estimate (GFE) disclosure forms.

Source: http://abirenews.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-mortgage-disclosure-documents-from.html

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