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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: Press release CFPB Sues World Law Group for Charging Illegal Fees and Making False Promises in Debt-Relief Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against the Two Largest Debt Buyers for Using Deceptive Tactics to Collect Bad Debts
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Call About Encore and Portfolio Recovery Associates Enforcement Action
Category: Press release CFPB and New York Department of Financial Services Sue Pension Advance Companies for Deceiving Consumers About Loan Costs
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Springstone Financial for Deceptive Health-Care Credit Enrollment Tactics
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Citizens Bank Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Citizens Bank to Pay $18.5 Million for Failing to Credit Full Deposit Amounts
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 Sues Offshore Payday Lender
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 Takes Action Against Student Financial Aid Services, Inc. for Illegal Recurring Billing Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Discover Bank to Pay $18.5 Million for Illegal Student Loan Servicing Practices
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 Citibank to refund $700 million to credit card customers for unfair and deceptive practices
Category: Blog The Know Before You Owe mortgage rule will take effect October 3, 2015
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Citibank to Pay $700 Million in Consumer Relief for Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Press release CFPB Cautions Military Lenders Against Illegal Military Allotment Practices
Category: Blog Debt settlement company Morgan Drexen is no longer in business: What you should know
Category: Blog Save the date, Know Before You Owe Forum on eClosing
Category: Press release CFPB and DOJ Reach Resolution with Honda to Address Discriminatory Auto Loan Pricing
Category: Press release CFPB, 47 States and D.C. Take Action Against JPMorgan Chase for Selling Bad Credit Card Debt and Robo-Signing Court Documents
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the JPMorgan Chase Debt Collection Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Blog We’re ordering JP Morgan Chase to refund $50 million and stop collecting on 528,000 accounts
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Companies For Unfair Billing Of Credit Card Add-On Products And Services
Category: Blog Applying for a mortgage can be complicated: Navid’s story
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Two-Month Extension of Know Before You Owe Mortgage Rule
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2015
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Medical Debt Collector
Category: Press release Statement by CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Know Before You Owe Mortgage Disclosure Rule
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Servicemember Auto Lender for Aggressive Debt Collection Tactics
Category: Blog Un administrador del acuerdo de Ally en breve estará en contacto con prestatarios elegibles
Category: Blog Ally settlement administrator will contact eligible borrowers soon
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: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the PayPal Credit Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against PayPal for Illegally Signing Up Consumers for Unwanted Online Credit
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Sprint and Verizon Enforcement Action
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 Sprint and Verizon will refund $120 million to consumers harmed by illegal billing practices
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: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Property Developers for Marketing Violations
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 Fair Lending Report 2014
Category: Press release CFPB Fines Regions Bank $7.5 Million for Unlawful Overdraft Practices
Category: Blog We’re making progress toward ensuring fair access to credit
Category: Blog You’ve got options when it comes to overdraft
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Enforcement Director Cara Petersen on the Regions Bank Enforcement Action Press Call
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 Military Allotment Processor for Charging Servicemembers Hidden Fees
Category: Press release CFPB and Navajo Nation Take Action to Stop an Illegal Tax-Refund Scheme
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Illegal Tax-Refund Scheme Enforcement Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Lender for Deceptive Advertising
Category: Blog The VA doesn’t send you mortgage ads
Category: Blog We’re suing a robo-call debt collector
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Participants in Robo-Call Phantom Debt Collection Operation
Category: Press release CFPB Announces New ‘Know Before You Owe’ Mortgage Shopping Toolkit
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against “Bad Check” Debt Collector
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2015
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steven Antonakes to the Consumer Bankers Association
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: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Consumer Frustration Around Reverse Mortgages
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Subprime Credit Card Company to Refund $2.7 Million for Charging Illegal Credit Card Fees
Category: Blog Special announcement for Corinthian students
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Shut Down Sham Credit Card
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