The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has begun a public inquiry into mortgage closing costs, claiming that so-called “junk fees” are inflating these costs. The agency issued a request for information regarding which fees are subject to competition, how fees...
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling that declared the funding mechanism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) did not run afoul of the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution. The case, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is pursuing the Biden administration’s campaign against so-called junk fees by publishing an edition of Supervisory Highlights featuring what the agency described as its actions “to combat junk fees charged by mortgage...
The head of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has criticized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) of being both “politically motivated” and ignorant regarding the closing costs process in homebuying. On Friday, the CFPB published a blog...
An online news site has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to produce the full list of organizations that received payments from the Civil Penalty Fund that was created when the agency was established...
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