Regulators
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Today's housing crisis was made possible by weak rules and poor enforcement. As policymakers consider regulatory reform, we focus on three broad goals: stronger rules to restore common sense standards; preserving the states' ability to protect its citizens from predatory lending; and more disclosure and transparency among lenders.
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- Qualified Residential Mortgages: How long does it take to save 10%?
August 5, 2011See how qualified residential mortgage proposals to require prospective homeowners to make a 10 percent down payment would arbitrarily lock creditworthy borrowers out of the market.
- QRM Comments: Mortgage Market of the Future can Produce Sensible Loans without High Down Payments
August 2, 2011CRL offers comments to regulators on proposed risk retention rules, urging sensible rules that do not include mandated down payment requirements.
- Comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Reserve Board re: Regulation Z: Proposed Rule on Ability to Pay and Qualified Mortgage
July 22, 2011In its first formal comment to the CFPB, the Center for Responsible Lending supports new Dodd-Frank mortgage reforms and urges the CFPB to ensure that lenders have appropriate consequences if they fail to abide by the rules.
- New Poll: Broad Bipartisan Support for Financial Reform and Consumer Protections
July 19, 2011A new poll reveals that American voters broadly support the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform law, by a 5 to 1 margin, and across all political parties.
- Widespread Abuse by Mortgage Servicers Hurts Homeowners, Investors, Taxpayers, Economy
July 7, 2011Mortgages servicers should be required to give every mortgage holder “a good-faith review of foreclosure alternatives” before taking steps to take his or her home, CRL president Michael Calhoun told Congress today.
