In his most recent Budget Proposal, Governor Brown has included plans to consolidate all businesses in the financial industry under one head. He proposes the elimination of the Department of Real Estate and the Office of Real Estate Appraisers and placing jurisdiction of these licensees under the Department of Consumer Affairs. At the same time the Department of Corporations and the Department of Financial Institutions will be merged into one new entity called the Department of Business Oversight. It seems that the Governor wants the consumer groups to limit the operations of the mortgage brokers, and the regulators of the big banks to regulate all the lenders...
Give Your Feedback: Dodd-Frank Combined RESPA-TILA Disclosure
This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released the first prototypes of a combined RESPA-TILA disclosure. Consumers and industry members are offered two different feedback paths for providing your input. Click this link to provide your comments–select the “switch to the industry tool” option at the bottom of the page: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/knowbeforeyouowe/ Thank you to our colleagues at Franzén & Salzano for the notification regarding this call-to-action.
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