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1 Aug 2019, 2:56 pm by Adam Levitin
 (Notice that this would underscore how QM operates as a de facto usury regulation.) [read post]
18 Aug 2008, 12:04 am
  The complaint charges Countrywide with making inaccurate claims, and demanding improper fees, among other things. [read post]
In early 2009 Senator Dick Durbin [D IL] championed the rights of consumers in an effort to reform student loans, mortgage loans, usury and credit card fees charged by banks. [read post]
29 Jan 2019, 10:17 am by Glen P. Trudel
  For purposes of the 6% limit, the Act provides that “interest” includes “service charges, renewal charges, fees, or any other charges, except bona fide insurance, with respect to an obligation or liability. [read post]
25 Mar 2008, 5:23 pm
The subprime mortgage crisis of 2007 resulted from allowing the market to police itself and from the failure of disclosure to curb abuses.Nearly forty years ago, Congress addressed the problems caused by lack of transparency in credit pricing when it enacted the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). [read post]
23 Nov 2011, 6:14 am by Robert M. Jaworski
  (HELOCS are excluded from TILA’s definition of a “residential mortgage transaction. [read post]
11 Apr 2007, 7:59 am
  For example, the rules define the scope of the protections so that they would not cover residential mortgages, home equity loans, auto finance loans, and a wide range of transactions other than payday loans, refund anticipation loans (a.k.a. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 5:00 am by Erica Siepman
  Aronson, Kondratick, and Buonauro were said to have spent investors’ money on home mortgage payments, luxury cars, Las Vegas gambling trips, and gentlemen’s club bills. [read post]
7 Sep 2021, 8:38 pm by Adam Levitin
Not a word about markups counting as finance charges and therefore pushing the interest rate over the state’s 21% usury cap. [read post]
6 Jan 2024, 7:00 am by JacksonWhite Law
Intentional or reckless false statements or publications concerning land for sale or lease or sale of subdivided lands or sale and mortgaging of un-subdivided lands. [read post]
6 Jan 2024, 7:00 am by JacksonWhite Law
Intentional or reckless false statements or publications concerning land for sale or lease or sale of subdivided lands or sale and mortgaging of un-subdivided lands. [read post]
2 Jul 2009, 1:29 pm by Scott J. Kreppein, Esq.
In my opinion, one of the lessons to be learned from the mortgage crisis is that all-encompasing Federal control can lead to all-encompasing failures. [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 11:31 am by Adam Levitin
The proposed rule provides that nonbank assignees of loans from banks may charge whatever interest rate the bank may charge. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 4:00 am by John L. Culhane, Jr.
  Moreover, Dodd-Frank bars the CFPB from directly setting usury limits. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 3:20 pm by Peter S. Lubin and Vincent L. DiTommaso
In each instance, however, a financial institution takes unfair advantage of a consumer’s financial needs by charging usurious interest rates and other unconscionable fees and charges: Predatory Mortgage Lending: drains wealth from families, destroys the benefits of homeownership, and often leads to foreclosure. [read post]
27 Aug 2018, 12:27 pm by Jesse Tyner Moore
A., 517 U.S. 735 (1996), holding that national banks are not subject to state usury laws limiting interest rates and late charges, respectively, could be added to this list, although these base pre-emption of state usury laws upon specific federal statutes regarding interest rates charged by national banks rather than the broader statutes allowing banks to conduct other business. [read post]
14 Mar 2013, 9:10 pm by Lauren Willis
In addition, a QM loan generally cannot charge upfront points and fees in excess of 3% of the amount borrowed, such that much of the price of the mortgage can only be collected through interest, over time. [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 1:15 pm
  It even says in the legislation it does not have the authority to impose a national usury cap (sec. 1022(g)). [read post]
17 Jan 2011, 3:13 pm by Betsy McKenzie
They often charge interest rates that would be usurious in any other loan setting (sometimes 99-100% compounded interest in the first year). [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 10:37 am by LindaMBeale
   The reason the TBTF banks won't voluntarily modify principals on mortgage loans is because they are determined not to take any losses they don't absolutely have to, yet they are at the same time increasing borrowing costs for ordinary Americans, adding to the usurious fees they charge, and paying close to zero interest on ordinary Americans' deposits while they continue their proprietary trading profit machine. [read post]