Dodd Frank Update

Breaking News: Texas court orders FinCEN rule to be vacated - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas agreed that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s new residential reporting rule is unlawful and ordered the rule be vacated. bit.ly/4skCmz3

Valuation exec outlines business strategies for women - Dodd Frank Update spoke with ServiceLink's Liz Green about how women can succeed in the #valuation space, as well as #compliance and #data usage matters. @svclnk #WomensHistoryMonth Source: bit.ly/4byf7uv

Class Valuation among early AMCs to receive CU access - @ClassValuation recently announced that it is one of the first #AMCs to receive access to #CollateralUnderwriter, @FannieMae's proprietary appraisal risk assessment tool. Source: bit.ly/4bsC9Th

Trump signs EOs to boost mortgage credit access, affordable housing construction - Dodd Frank Update turned to a former #CFPB attorney for analysis of President Donald #Trump's EOs on #mortgage #credit access & affordable #housing construction. Source: bit.ly/4bwgidU

Fed approves four bank merger, acquisition applications in four days - The @FederalReserve finalized its analyses of four separate #merger and #acquisition proposals in the first half of March, which are summarized in this #roundup. Source: bit.ly/4sSwnBF

Judge rules against CFPB, DOJ ‘combined earnings' argument - A federal judge found that the @CFPB acted unlawfully by refusing to request #funding and ruled against the defendants' interpretations regarding @FederalReserve #combinedEarnings. Source: bit.ly/4sindyr

Commercial valuation firm exec discusses growing ‘build-to-rent' trend - Why are “build-to-rent” properties continuing to gain ground in the market? An executive at BBG offered Dodd Frank Update why these properties are on the rise. Source: bit.ly/4uyvD6h

The Appraisal Foundation updates appraisers - The Appraisal Foundation (TAF) updates appraisers on the industry's latest news by way of a monthly newsletter. TAF President Kelly Davids offered these observations. Source: bit.ly/4bKPXKa

How to build strong relationships within the title industry - Two industry leaders discuss what it takes to build successful and compliant relationships between title agents and Realtors. #webinar #register Source: bit.ly/4sFWKL0

West Capital Lending claims loanDepot violated TILA, LO Comp rule - #WestCapitalLending filed suit against @loanDepot, claiming the nonbank mortgage lender violated multiple federal and state laws with its #compensation practices. #TILA #LOcomp Source: bit.ly/415ssW7

Bowman tells bankers ‘modernized' Basel III proposals are on the way - @FederalReserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said the agency plans to propose rules for implementing the final phase of its #Basel III #capital framework. Source: bit.ly/3PnRgpI

Senate passes legislation to boost housing availability, limit institutional investors - The Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to #Housing Act on March 12. Trade advocates expressed concerns over certain revisions. #appraisalbias #investors Source: bit.ly/4doHPAm

MISMO publishes new dataset for FHA loan originators - MISMO, the real estate finance industry's standards organization, published a new dataset for the @HUDgov Addendum to the Uniform Residential Loan Application. #URLA @MBAmortgage Source: bit.ly/3NmzuT7

Attorney urges mortgage lenders to note court's TCPA ‘consent' interpretation - Dodd Frank Update spoke with Garris Horn's Troy Garris about how a #FifthCircuit #Court decision offered #mortgageLenders legal insight about #TCPA requirements. Source: bit.ly/4uv6gm0

ICBA announces new chairman, executive committee members for 2026-27 - @ICBA elected Potomac Bank President and CEO Alice Frazier to serve as #chairman for 2026-27 and announced the members of its #executiveCommittee. #ICBALIVE Source: bit.ly/3NkO2CS

States lead charge to unify fragmented digital asset regulatory regime - Thomas Grundy of #WoltersKluwer spoke with Dodd Frank Update about efforts to address the fragmented set of #statelaws shaping the #framework for #regulating #digitalAssets. Source: bit.ly/4cKdI6k

Former Appraisal Subcommittee director speaks to appraisers, regulation and the future - Jim Park, now the president/CEO of the Collateral Risk Network, spoke with Dodd Frank Update about several issues for #appraisers to keep in mind. #JimPark Source: bit.ly/4ulzwLX

Financial services, consumers clash over CFPB complaint intake form changes - The @CFPB's request for comments regarding its plans to change collection and reporting protocols for its #complaint #database met with starkly contrasting opinions. Source: bit.ly/4sviCIL

Federal agencies issue FAQ to clarify capital treatment of ‘tokenized' securities - The federal banking #regulators issued joint guidance intended to clarify how #capital treatment requirements apply to #tokenized #securities. Source: bit.ly/4sCcZIV

Attorney takes a closer look at Florida AMC fee disclosure lawsuit - Dodd Frank Update asked Garris Horn's Richard Horn what a #lawsuit against two #appraisal management companies and a wholesale #mortgage #lender could mean for both industries. Source: bit.ly/4s14M1b