Mapping Changes: Higher-Risk HPMLs and Regulation Z Threshold Amounts
On December 18, 2014 the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve Board, and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule amending the threshold amounts for determining whether a higher-priced mortgage loan (HPML) is exempt from the appraisal requirements set forth (inter alia) in 12 CFR § 1026.35(c) (and used to determine whether the loan is a “higher-risk mortgage” or not)….