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Category: Blog HMDA data shows more people took out a mortgage to purchase a home in 2014 than 2013
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Mortgage Complaints
Category: Press release Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Announces Availability of 2014 Data on Mortgage Lending
Category: Blog Buying a House: The homebuyer’s trusted resource
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule to Facilitate Access to Credit in Rural and Underserved Areas
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Realtors
Category: Blog Know Before You Owe: Making the mortgage process easier for you
Category: Press release CFPB Releases New Tools as Part of Know Before You Owe Mortgage Initiative
Category: Press release Press Kit for the Know Before You Owe Mortgage Disclosure Rule
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 2
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Reporting Complaints
Category: Blog This month’s Complaint Report: Credit reporting issues
Category: Report Leveraging technology to empower mortgage consumers at closing
Category: Blog Three things to do before closing: What we learned from studying eClosing
Category: Blog Live from CFPB: Forum on Know Before You Owe eClosing pilot
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the CFPB Forum on eClosings
Category: Press release CFPB Study Finds Electronic Mortgage Closings Can Benefit Consumers
Category: Press release CFPB Provides Guidance About Private Mortgage Insurance Cancellation and Termination
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Company for Blocking Consumers’ Attempts to Save Their Homes
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Payment Company And Servicer For Deceptive Ads
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Two-Month Extension of Know Before You Owe Effective Date
Category: Blog You have the right to a fair financial marketplace
Category: Blog The Know Before You Owe mortgage rule will take effect October 3, 2015
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 1
Category: Blog Save the date, Know Before You Owe Forum on eClosing
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Its First-Ever Monthly Complaint Snapshot to Spotlight Consumer Trends
Category: Blog Removing an outdated bankruptcy from a credit report: Jorge’s story
Category: Report Overseas & Underserved: Student loan servicing and the cost to our men and women in uniform
Category: Blog Today we begin to share the story of your complaints
Category: Blog Applying for a mortgage can be complicated: Navid’s story
Category: Press release CFPB Publishes Over 7,700 Consumer Complaint Narratives About Financial Companies
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Two-Month Extension of Know Before You Owe Mortgage Rule
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2015
Category: Report 2015 Mid-Year Update on Student Loan Complaints
Category: Press release Statement by CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Know Before You Owe Mortgage Disclosure Rule
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Guarantee Mortgage For Loan Originator Compensation Violations
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Reverse Mortgage Advertising Press Call
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Don’t be misled by reverse mortgage advertising
Category: Press release CFPB Director Cordray Issues Decision in PHH Administrative Enforcement Action
Category: Press release CFPB Study Finds Reverse Mortgage Advertisements Can Create False Impressions
Category: Press release CFPB Orders RPM Mortgage to Pay $19 Million for Steering Consumers Into Costlier Mortgages
Category: Blog Know Before You Owe: You’ll get 3 days to review your mortgage closing documents
Category: Press release CFPB and Florida Attorney General Obtain $27.7 Million Judgment Against Foreclosure Relief Scam Companies
Category: Press release CFPB and Department of Justice Take Action Against Provident Funding Associates for Discriminatory Mortgage Pricing
Category: Blog Spring 2015 rulemaking agenda
Category: Blog Fact-check your specialty consumer report
Category: Blog Tell us about your student debt stress
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Realtors
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Obtain $120 Million in Redress from Sprint and Verizon for Illegal Mobile Cramming
Category: Blog Income from the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership Program shouldn’t mean you don’t qualify for a mortgage
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Nationwide Biweekly for Luring Consumers with False Promises of Mortgage Savings
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit invisibles
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Final Rule on Minimum Requirements for Appraisal Management Companies
Category: Press release CFPB and State of Maryland Take Action Against “Pay-To-Play” Mortgage Kickback Scheme
Category: Report Complaints Received from Servicemembers, Veterans, and Their Families 2011-2014
Category: Blog Here’s what we’re hearing from Servicemembers and their families
Category: Press release CFPB and Federal Trade Commission Take Action Against Green Tree Servicing for Mistreating Borrowers Trying to Save Their Homes
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Lender for Deceptive Advertising
Category: Blog The VA doesn’t send you mortgage ads
Category: Press release CFPB Announces New ‘Know Before You Owe’ Mortgage Shopping Toolkit
Category: Report 2014 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Policy to Give Consumers the Opportunity to Voice Publicly Complaints About Financial Companies
Category: Blog Your complaint is more than data—it’s your story
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2015
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steven Antonakes at The Exchequer Club
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Companies For Misrepresenting U.S. Government Affiliation
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against NewDay Financial for Deceptive Mortgage Advertising and Kickbacks
Category: Report Snapshot of reverse mortgage complaints December 2011 – 2014
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Consumer Frustration Around Reverse Mortgages
Category: Blog Seeking answers for struggling student loan borrowers
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Proposal To Facilitate Access To Credit In Rural And Underserved Areas
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase for Illegal Mortgage Kickbacks
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Minor Changes to “Know Before You Owe” Mortgage Rules
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at Operation HOPE
Category: Blog 5 reasons to check out our Owning a Home tools now
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Brookings Institution
Category: Report Consumers’ Mortgage Shopping Experience
Category: Blog Nearly half of mortgage borrowers don’t shop around when they buy a home
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Nearly Half of Borrowers Do Not Shop for a Mortgage
Category: Blog Are unpaid debts a military career-killer?
Category: Blog A New Year’s resolution to conquer your student debt
Category: Blog Sunshine for college credit card agreements
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Student loan debt relief companies may cost you thousands of dollars and drive you further into debt
Category: Report Consumer credit reports: A study of medical and non-medical collections
Category: Blog Fall 2014 rulemaking agenda
Category: Blog Proposed changes to our Mortgage Servicing Rules: New protections for surviving family members and other homeowners
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at The Clearing House
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Expanded Foreclosure Protections
Category: Blog Social Security disability income shouldn’t mean you don’t qualify for a mortgage
Category: Press release CFPB Provides Guidance to Help Lenders Avoid Discrimination Against Consumers Receiving Disability Income
Category: Blog Veterans: Take advantage of student loan forgiveness, but don’t let it damage your credit
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Franklin Loan Corporation for Steering Consumers into Costlier Mortgages
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Debt Collection Tops Older Consumer Complaints
Category: Report A snapshot of debt collection complaints submitted by older consumers
Category: Press release FFIEC Releases Cybersecurity Assessment Observations, Recommends Participation in Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at University of Michigan Law School
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Minor Changes to Mortgage Rules to Ensure Access to Credit
Category: Blog Know Before You Owe: Proposed updates to TILA-RESPA final rule
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Community Bank Advisory Council meeting in Washington, D.C.