Future Changes in Mortgage Relief

Modernization of Home Home Loan Disclosure Act (HMDA) Data Collection and Disclosure. (a) The CFPB will think about, as proper and constant with applicable law, proposing changes to Guideline C to raise the possession threshold for exemption from HMDA data collection and reporting requirements for smaller banks, to exclude questions from the scope of HMDA, and to make sure that disclosures safeguard personal privacy and lower burdens, consisting of insufficiently tailored, pricey, and complex software and training needed for reporting monetary institutions.

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4. Capital and Liquidity Alignment. (a) The Vice Chairman for Guidance of the Federal Reserve, the Chairman of the NCUA Board, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the FDIC, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Company (FHFA) will think about, as suitable and consistent with appropriate law: (i) modifying capital guidelines, constant with suitable risk-management requirements, to tailor threat weights for all banks, consisting of neighborhood banks and other smaller sized banks, for portfolio mortgages, maintenance rights, and warehouse lines of credit to the product credit threat of the direct exposure; (ii) updating collateral evaluation and transfer systems in between the Federal Reserve and Federal Mortgage Banks (FHLBs); (iii) expanding access to longerdated FHLB advances tied to domestic mortgage properties; (iv) developing targeted FHLB liquidity programs for entrylevel housing, owneroccupied purchase loans, and small property builders; (v) speeding up collateral boarding and assessment procedures through standardized information and digital documentation; and (vi) refocusing the FHLBs' Economical Housing Program on faster-cycle execution and greater financial leverage for small-scale and owner-occupied real estate jobs.

(c) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the Director of the FHFA, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate executive departments and agencies, shall send a report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget plan on the performance of national housing financing markets.

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Construction and Housing Supply. (a) The Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve, the Director of the CFPB, the Chairman of the NCUA Board, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the FDIC, and the Comptroller of the Currency, shall think about, as appropriate and consistent with relevant law, revising supervisory assistance both to leave out one-to four-family residential development and construction financing from industrial genuine estate concentration guidance and to guarantee supervisory expectations support responsible construction loaning by community banks.

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6. Appraisal Modernization. (a) The Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve, the Director of the CFPB, the Chairman of the NCUA Board, the Chairperson of Board of Directors of the FDIC, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Director of the FHFA will consider, as proper and consistent with appropriate law and their statutory authorities: (i) modernizing appraisal regulations and guidance to expand the use of alternative evaluation models, desktop and hybrid appraisals, and synthetic intelligence valuation tools; (ii) streamlining appraiser credentials requirements; and (iii) reducing appraisal requirements for low-risk transactions, consisting of low loan-to-value refinancing and smallbalance loans; and setting clear appraisal timelines.

Digital Mortgage Modernization. (a) The Secretary of Farming, the Secretary of HUD, the Secretary of VA, and the Director of the FHFA shall think about, as suitable and constant with suitable law: (i) removing unnecessary wetsignature requirements for disclosures, applications, closing files, and comparable documents; (ii) standardizing acceptance of electronic signatures, e-notes, and remote online notarization; and (iii) promoting digital home loan standards.

8. Maintenance and Supervisory Certainty. (a) The Secretary of HUD, the Vice Chairman for Guidance of the Federal Reserve, the Director of the CFPB, the Chairman of the NCUA Board, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the FDIC, and the Comptroller of the Currency shall consider, as suitable and consistent with relevant law: (i) lining up supervisory expectations to support portfolio home mortgage maintenance as a core community banking function; extending curefirst standards to goodfaith maintenance mistakes; simplifying loss mitigation requirements; and providing a proposed guideline providing exemptions from intricate home loan services for smaller banks; and (ii) ensuring that supervisory evaluations of carrying out, wisely underwritten portfolio loans do not concentrate on technical flaws or count on evolving supervisory interpretations.

9. Enforcement. (a) The Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve, the Director of the CFPB, the Chairman of the NCUA Board, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the FDIC, and the Comptroller of the Currency shall think about, as proper and constant with applicable law, promoting a policy against enforcement actions for infractions of customer monetary laws that: (i) discourages imposing civil monetary charges, other than where the underlying infractions are willful, understanding, or careless; (ii) considers good business conduct, consisting of a bank's correction of good-faith, technical compliance errors; and (iii) enables institutions a sensible chance for self-identification and removal of appropriate compliance matters.