The Impact of New Regulation on Consumers and Lenders

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A new era of regulatory reformation has begun, a period of
compliance-driven lending with greater enforcement, replacing an era when
reluctant regulators were slow to enact new consumer protection laws.

From July 2008 through May 2009, the US Congress and US federal regulators
have enacted new or modified more mortgage lending industry laws and
regulations than at any time since the early years of the Great Depression.

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 will prove to be the most
important new law that solidifies government mortgage-finance institutions
and provides greater information transparency and protection for consumers.

Government initiatives to assist mortgage borrowers in default will have a
positive impact but ultimately will assist only a minority of delinquent
borrowers and by themselves cannot fix the credit crisis.

Unintended consequences of legislative and regulatory action will include
redefaults of poorly conceived loan modifications, conflicts between laws
that overlap, and slower lending processes bogged down by inadequately
trained staff.

The new laws and regulations will continue to be a catalyst for IT spending
growth in regulatory compliance, risk management, loan collections, and
consumer protection and data management.

Topics covered in the report include...
Report Coverage
Lending Regulation Lags Reality
The Regulatory Reformation: 2008-??
The Impact of Regulation on Consumers and Lenders
Summary

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