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Press Release

Release Date: May 8, 2009
For immediate release
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday approved final rules that revise the disclosure requirements
for mortgage loans under Regulation Z (Truth in Lending). The revisions implement the Mortgage
Disclosure Improvement Act (MDIA), which was enacted in July 2008 as an amendment to the Truth
in Lending Act (TILA).
The MDIA seeks to ensure that consumers receive cost disclosures earlier in the mortgage process.
In several respects, the MDIA is substantially similar to final rules issued by the Board in July 2008.
However, the MDIA also broadens and adds to those regulatory requirements. The final rule largely
follows a proposal issued by the Board in December 2008. Under the MDIA, creditors must comply
with the new provisions on July 30, 2009. The Board's implementing regulations apply to dwellingsecured consumer loans for which a creditor receives an application on or after July 30, 2009.
The MDIA requires creditors to give good faith estimates of mortgage loan costs ("early
disclosures") within three business days after receiving a consumer's application for a mortgage loan
and before any fees are collected from the consumer, other than a reasonable fee for obtaining the
consumer's credit history. These requirements are consistent with the Board's July 2008 final rule,
which applied to loans secured by a consumer's principal dwelling. The MDIA broadens this
requirement by also requiring early disclosures for loans secured by dwellings other than the
consumer's principal dwelling, such as a second home.
In addition, the rules would implement the MDIA's requirements that:
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Creditors wait seven business days after they provide the early disclosures before closing the
loan; and
Creditors provide new disclosures with a revised annual percentage rate (APR), and wait an
additional three business days before closing the loan, if a change occurs that makes the APR
in the early disclosures inaccurate beyond a specified tolerance.

The rules would permit a consumer to expedite the closing to address a personal financial
emergency, such as a foreclosure.
The notice that will be published in the Federal Register is attached. Publication is expected to
occur soon.
Federal Register notice (131 KB PDF)

http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20090508a.htm

5/12/2009