Pursuant to the
previous terms of clearance, with publication of the final rule
associated with this collection, the previous agreement between HUD
and CFPB to permit regulated industries to use either the HUD
control number (2502-0265) associated with this information
collection, or the CFPB control number, is no longer applicable.
Regulated entities now should only use this CFPB OMB control number
for the information collections instruments previously associated
with the HUD (2502-0265) forms. CFPB should work with HUD to ensure
that HUD's related collection is discontinued.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2015
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2015
149,590,000
0
149,590,000
17,183,000
0
17,183,000
727,302,490
0
727,302,490
Certain disclosures are required by
the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) of 1974, as
amended by Section 461 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act
of 1983 (HURRA), and other various amendments. The statute is found
at 12 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. The implementing regulations have been
published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
at 24 CFR 3500. In light of the transfer of HUD's rulemaking
authority for RESPA to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
(CFPB), the CFPB is adopting an interim final rule (Interim Final
Rule) recodifying HUD's Regulation X at 12 CFR 1024 to reflect the
transfer of authority and to help facilitate compliance with RESPA
and its implementing regulations to help prevent confusion
regarding regulatory and supervisory authority. Required
disclosures include: the Good Faith Estimate (GFE), the Special
Information Booklet, the HUD-1/HUD-1A Settlement Statements, the
Servicing Disclosure Statement, and, as applicable, the Servicing
Transfer Disclosure. Other disclosures may be required under
certain circumstances and include: the Initial Escrow Account
Statement, the Annual Escrow Account Statement, the Affiliated
Business Disclosure, and the Consumer Disclosure for Voluntary
Escrow Account Payments. This collection helps to protect consumers
in several respects. The Special Information Booklet helps to
protect consumers from unnecessarily high settlement costs by
providing information about the nature and cost of real estate
settlement services. The GFE and HUD-1/HUD-1A Settlement Statements
enable consumers to compare estimated settlement costs with actual
settlement costs. The Affiliated Business Disclosure helps to
protect borrowers from unncessarily high settlement service charges
due to the settlement service provider's use of an affiliated
provider. Disclosures related to the servicing of the mortgage loan
help to protect consumers if the servicing of the loan could be or
is transferred.Disclosures related to consumers' escrow accounts
help to protect them from unneccessarily high escrow
charges.
US Code:
12
USC 1601 Name of Law: Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.