2017 - HMDA: A Summary of New Final Rules

Under the leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau the rules change significantly in 2017, 2018, and for large institutions again in 2020. There will be changes reducing the number of financial institutions must report, the types of loans subject to reporting, the data which will have to be reported, and the methods and IT reporting requirements.Everyone in the value chain of making mortgage decisions and fulfilling HMDA reporting requirements will need to be working in compliance with the new rules. If data isn’t captured early enough, from the right transactions, and completely enough, costs of reporting may become higher than necessary and potentially, penalties may be incurred.