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Navigating GMI Compliance: Avoiding Penalties in HMDA Reporting
In light of recent news regarding Bank of America’s penalties for inaccurate reporting under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), it’s evident that precise reporting and adherence to HMDA regulations are paramount. Leveraging advanced HMDA analytical software empowers lenders to take proactive steps toward compliance and avoid similar pitfalls. The Significance of Government Monitoring Information…
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Create your own early look using competitors’ 2018 HMDA LARs
At ComplianceTech, we love data analysis, so last Friday’s release of new HMDA data was a truly exciting day. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until the release of the CFPB “snapshot” data for the full data to be in LendingPatterns(TM). Those who are really anxious to look at their competitors’ data can download the…
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How to generate a 2018 HMDA TXT file using the CFPB LAR Formatting Tool
If you have a loan origination system extract handy, and you want to generate a 2018 HMDA TXT file for analysis in LendingPatterns™ or Fair Lending Magic™, here is a how-to guide on preparation of the file. 1) Download the macro-enabled spreadsheet from the CFPB URL below (accessed May 7, 2018): https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/hmda/static/lar-formatting-tool/2018/HMDA_2018_LAR_Formatting_Tool.xlsm 2) Within Excel,…
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CFPB Lenders Made One Third of 2015 Mortgages
It is not hard to isolate most of the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders in LendingPatterns™. The Consumer Financial Protection Board has reserved the category of lenders with $10 billion in assets and above for itself, and there are a lot of familiar names there. The list doesn’t exactly duplicate the top lenders in the country,…