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Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Qualified Mortgage ANPR
Category: Speech Statement by Kathy Kraninger at CFPB/FTC Equifax Settlement Press Conference
Category: Press release CFPB, FTC and States Announce Settlement with Equifax Over 2017 Data Breach
Category: Blog A report on the Bureau’s Building a Bridge to Credit Visibility Symposium
Category: Report Building a bridge to credit visibility report
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Report on Third-Party Debt Collections
Category: Report Market Snapshot: Third-Party Debt Collections Tradeline Reporting
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit card revolvers
Category: Blog New report explores the extent of revolving in the U.S. credit card market
Category: Blog Encouraging innovation in expanding credit access: 2018 Fair Lending Report to Congress
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2018
Category: Press release CFPB Extends Comment Period For ANPR on HMDA Data Points
Category: Blog The essential steps to close on your home with confidence
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Student CU Connect CUSO over ITT Private Loan Program
Category: Press release CFPB To Hold First Symposium On June 25
Category: Blog Mortgage Closing Scams: How to protect yourself and your closing funds
Category: Blog New report explores when consumers apply for credit cards as their credit scores change
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Timing of Applications for Consumer Credit
Category: Blog How to choose the school that’s financially right for you
Category: Blog What to do if you’re wrongfully billed for Medicare costs
Category: Blog Check these items off your student loan to-do list
Category: Blog 5 ways you can guard against identity theft
Category: Blog Cómo echarle mano a su deuda
Category: Blog Bureau releases redesigned HMDA research & data page
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes Changes to HMDA Rules
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Symposia Series
Category: Blog Conozca una forma de preparar su crédito para una compra grande sin que le cueste nada
Category: Blog A no-cost way to prepare your credit for a big purchase
Category: Blog Need help with your credit card debt? Start with your credit card company!
Category: Blog Get your credit on track with our new booklet
Category: Blog Is this the year you buy your first home?
Category: Report Complaint snapshot: Servicemembers, Veterans, and Military Families 50 State Report
Category: Blog Los errores con su crédito que pueden estarle costando dinero
Category: Blog Credit mistakes that could be costing you money
Category: Blog New protections available for minors under 16
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Report on First-time Homebuying Servicemembers
Category: Blog Data provides first industry-wide look at mortgages to servicemembers
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Mortgages to First-time Homebuying Servicemembers
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 18 (Winter 2019)
Category: Blog Three steps to prep for paying for college
Category: Blog New protections for servicemembers and veterans alert
Category: Blog Errores comunes que la gente encuentra en su reporte de crédito y cómo corregirlos
Category: Blog Common errors people find on their credit report - and how to get them fixed
Category: Blog Know your data: Our latest list of consumer reporting companies
Category: Report Complaint snapshot: Mortgage
Category: Blog A snapshot of mortgage complaints
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Broker of High-interest Credit Offers
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles Claims with Sterling Jewelers, Inc.
Category: Blog Credit score myths that might be holding you back from improving your credit
Category: Blog Los mitos sobre el puntaje crediticio que pueden impedirle mejorar su credito
Category: Blog Assessing our rules: Our reports on the Ability to Repay and Qualified Mortgage Rule and the RESPA Mortgage Servicing Rule
Category: Press release Regulators Encourage Institutions to Work with Borrowers Affected by Government Shutdown
Category: Report 2013 Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgage Assessment Report
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Publishes Assessments of Ability-to-Repay and Mortgage Servicing Rules
Category: Report 2013 RESPA Servicing Rule Assessment Report
Category: Report College credit card agreements 2018
Category: Blog Servicemembers, arm yourself with basic car buying skills—Stand your guard when it comes to add-on products
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Files Complaint and Proposed Settlement with Village Capital & Investment LLC
Category: Blog Servicemembers, arm yourself with basic car buying skills—How to trade in your car
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Settles with State Farm Bank
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2017
Category: Blog Promoting fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory access to credit: 2017 Fair Lending Report
Category: Blog Servicemembers, arm yourself with basic car buying skills—Should you buy a new or used car?
Category: Blog ¿Está comprando una vivienda? El primer paso es revisar su crédito
Category: Blog Servicemembers, arm yourself with basic car buying skills—How to shop for auto financing
Category: Press release Agencies Announce Dollar Thresholds in Regulations Z and M for Exempt Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
Category: Blog Natural disaster assistance is reported on a minority of credit records among potentially affected consumers
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Natural Disasters and Credit Reporting
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Settles with Santander Consumer USA Inc.
Category: Press release Agencies Announce Threshold for Smaller Loan Exemption from Appraisal Requirements for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans
Category: Speech Toward a 21st century approach to consumer protection
Category: Office of Research Publication Technical Reports: National Survey of Mortgage Originations and National Mortgage Database
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and Federal Housing Finance Agency Release National Survey of Mortgage Originations Dataset for Public Use
Category: Blog Managing someone else’s money: New protection from ID theft and fraud
Category: Blog Free credit freezes are here
Category: Blog New research report on the geography of credit invisibility
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: The geography of credit invisibility
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Issues Updated FCRA Model Disclosures
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Releases Latest Supervisory Highlights
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Issues Rule to Implement and Clarify New HMDA Amendments
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: Telecommunications debt collection
Category: Blog More than 1-in-5 consumers had telecommunications-related collections on their consumer report in the past 5 years
Category: Blog WARNO: New security clearance guidelines make it more important than ever for servicemembers to monitor their credit
Category: Blog Save the date for the 'Building a Bridge to Credit Visibility' symposium
Category: Blog Check your mailbox: Veterans with severe disabilities and student loans should keep an eye out for this
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Final student loan payments and broader household borrowing
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Settles with Citibank, N.A.
Category: Blog New research report on student loan repayment and broader household borrowing
Category: Blog What you need to know to get money from the settlement with BancorpSouth Bank for alleged discrimination
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: End-of-year credit card borrowing
Category: Blog Aggregate credit card borrowing exhibits end-of-year seasonal patterns which vary across different sets of consumers
Category: Press release Bureau Acting Director Mulvaney Statement on the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act
Category: Blog Lo que debe saber si se enfrenta a una ejecución hipotecaria (foreclosure) luego de un desastre natural
Category: Press release Statement of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection on enactment of S.J. Res. 57
Category: Blog A new list identifies more ways to access credit scores—for free
Category: Blog One thing you can do to take control of the homebuying process and save on your new home—in any housing market
Category: Report Know Before You Owe: Mortgage shopping study
Category: Blog What to know if you are facing foreclosure after a natural disaster
Category: Press release FFIEC Announces Availability of 2017 Data on Mortgage Lending