Minimum Requirements for Appraisal Management Companies
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
11/01/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2021
11,774
10,341
837
183
0
0
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), along with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) (collectively, the Agencies) in 2015 adopted joint regulations to implement statutory requirements to be applied by States in the registration and supervision of appraisal management companies (AMCs). An AMC is an entity that serves as an intermediary for, and provides certain services to, appraisers and lenders. The regulations also implement the statutory requirement that States report to the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) the information required by the ASC to administer a national registry of AMCs (AMC National Registry or Registry).
FHFA, the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC have agreed to share responsibility for the PRA clearance of the collections of the information under the joint regulations. OMB has assigned FHFAâs portion of the information collection OMB Control Number 2590-0013.
The total estimated burden associated with this information collection for all four Agencies issuing the joint regulation increased from 1,445 to 8,208, with FHFAâs portion of the burden rising from 183 hours to 837 hours. This increase is due almost entirely to the increase from 200 to 3,860 in the Agenciesâ estimate as to the number of entities that qualify as an âAMCâ for purposes of the joint AMC regulations and the related information collection. Within this net increase, some burdens associated with specific ICs decreased for FHFA, as discussed in detail in items 2 and 12 in the Supporting Statement.
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.