The Department of Housing and Urban Development has released a new Settlement Cost Booklet, much of which is dedicated to the new Good Faith Estimate and HUD-1 Settlement Statement (read more about the changes here). Pursuant to the new rules promulgated under RESPA, effective January 1, 2010, lenders and mortgage brokers must provide the Settlement Cost Booklet within three days of when a borrowers applies for a loan. Click here for the electronic version of HUD’s Settlement Cost Booklet.
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HUD Offers Online Outreach Program To Assist With Implementation of New RESPA Rules
Posted in Real Estate Settlement Procedures ActEffective January 1, 2010, the amended regulatory requirements of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) will require lenders and mortgage brokers to provide consumers with a standard Good Faith Estimate (“GFE”) designed to disclose key loan terms and closing costs. Read more on the new RESPA rules here. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) has announced a series of “plain english” interactive live online presentations to assist professionals with the implementation of the new rules. HUD’s press release, which includes the remaining program schedule, can be found here.
HUD Announces 120-Day Enforcement Delay On New RESPA Rule, Subject To Good Faith Efforts To Comply
Posted in Real Estate Settlement Procedures ActHUD announced today that it will follow a resolution of its Mortgage Review Board to show restraint during the first 120 days of 2010 with respect to enforcement of the new RESPA rule scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2010 — so long as good faith efforts are being made to comply with the new rule. In addition, in separate letters, HUD requested regulators of federal depository institutions and the FTC to show similar restraint in any enforcement activities relating to the new rule and made the same request of relevant state agencies.