Under Title 9, Section 104 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, the Vermont Commissioner of Financial Regulation (the “Commissioner”), adopted Regulation B-98-2, which adds a disclosure requirement for a first-lien loan when a borrower is expected to be charged (1) interest in excess of three percent over a rate established pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 3108 (the “Declared Rate”) or (2) over four points in closing costs.   

A record of all transactions during the life of a loan including transfer of ownership or custody and transfer of location.

On February 25, 2022, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill 7780 into law, which will be effective January 31, 2023.   The new law amends Senate Bill 1780C, which was signed into law in December 2021, and authorized use of remote online notarization (“RON”) technology in the state.

On December 21, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published technical amendments to Regulation C in the Federal Register.  The amendments to Regulation C §§ 1003.2 and 1003.3, along with related comments in Supplement I to Part 1003 of Regulation C, provide that the reporting threshold for closed-end mortgage loans has been decreased from 100 loans to 25 loans in each of the prior two calendar years.  The new threshold fo

DocMagic will be attending the New England Mortgage Expo at the Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino on January 12 - 13, 2023! This regional mortgage event brings together a growing group of industry peers for networking, product showcases, and educational sessions.

As previously announced, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has released a final draft of Form 4506-C, IVES Request for Transcript of Tax Return, as part of a broader modernization effort.  The new form includes changes to make it better suited for use with optical character recognition (“OCR”).

As noted in prior articles, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac published new versions of their Uniform Instruments in July 2021, with a required use date as of January 1, 2023.  DocMagic moved to the new versions of standard conventional documents as of August 12, 2022.  DocMagic previously announced we would be making updates to the notes and security instruments used for FHA and VA loan types as a result of these changes.  

New York Banking Law Section 6-m(1)(c)(ii) identifies the FreddieMac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (“PMMS”) as the threshold for determining the calculations for defining a “subprime home loan.”  Beginning with the November 17th publication of the PMMS, Freddie Mac announced it would no longer publish the 5/1 ARM rate, which is used in the New York Subprime Audit for ARM loans with an adjustment period of at least 3 years.  On December 20th, the NY Department of Financial Services

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is required to calculate annually the dollar amounts for several provisions in Regulation Z.  The CFPB recently issued a final rule amending the dollar amount thresholds under the HOEPA “points and fees” provisions of Regulation Z (12 CFR § 1026.32)(a)(1)(ii)) , referred to as “Section 32” by the industry, and the qu

Added additional space for fill data in "Note" section for dollar amount. (Date of Release to Production: 12/19/22)