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CFPB seeks rescission of pandemic-era mortgage servicing rule

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), under the leadership of acting director Russell Vought, is continuing to assess regulations it deems outdated or unnecessary.

To that end, the bureau published a notice in the Federal Register this week that seeks to rescind a 2021 rule which “temporarily permitted mortgage servicers to offer certain loan modifications made available to borrowers experiencing a COVID-19 related hardship.”

The rule also “finalized certain temporary amendments to Regulation X related to the COVID-19 pandemic,” referring to the implementing regulation of details ⇒

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