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The 16th annual National Settlement Services Summit (NS3), slated for Sept. 1-3, will feature an entire compliance track this year, one of three tracks featured at the show.

Four top regulators will kick things off by participating in a panel discussion about how many of the regulations affecting the industry recently are coming from the state level.

Read on to see who is speaking, what other compliance topics will be discussed and how you can register.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has received dozens of comment letters from title agents and settlement attorneys offering recommendations for modifying, expanding or eliminating its TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures (TRID) rule.

Many note that the new forms required by TRID can be confusing to consumers. Others said getting finalized Closing Disclosures from lenders three days prior to closing continues to be a problem.

Read on to learn what title agents believe is good and bad about TRID.

Attorneys Sean Burke and Marx Sterbcow have worked closely with regulators, having been involved representing an individual or company in a number of title-related cases that agencies have brought. 

The highlight of their lessons: That technology is the way forward for compliance management in the industry.Burke and Sterbcow will be speaking at the National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) this summer in Phoenix on “Compliance Management Systems for Tomorrow.”

Read on for a session preview.

ComplianceEase has updated its ComplianceAnalyzer with TRID Monitor to comply with the 2017 TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule.

Read on for more details.

The House on Wednesday approved a bill that makes changes to the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule that mortgage loan originators and title insurers have been advocating.

If approved by the Senate, the bill would amend the TRID rule to modify disclosure requirements applicable to mortgage loan transactions.

Read on to learn what ALTA and the MBA are saying about the bill’s changes to the disclosure of simultaneous issue of title insurance.

Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) spent 35 years in the banking industry, including nearly two decades as a community bank CEO.

He’s become one of the title industries leading champions in Congress since being elected in 2014, and he recently talked with The Title Report about the latest updates to the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule.

Read on for his view of TRID 2.0, as well as his thoughts on the recent finalizing of rulemaking concerning arbitration.

Now that the ink has dried on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s finalized updates to its TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule, more and more industry insiders are beginning to weigh in.

While none seemed surprised by the content of the final rule, some expressed disappointment that it does not go far enough in requiring that title fees be clearly stated.

Read on for more details.

In an attempt to provide greater clarity and certainty, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday finalized updates to its TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule, the so-called "Know Before You Owe” mortgage disclosure.

The rule, which took effect in October 2015, was designed to provide transparency during the mortgage loan process and to provide more information to consumers faster.

Read on for more details.

Richard Horn, founding attorney at Richard Horn Legal, PLLC, will lead a panel discussion about compliance management system policies and procedures, featuring industry insight from Title Source Chief Operating Officer Brian Hughes and Wells Fargo Home Lending Senior Vice President Brian Webster during the 2017 National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) in San Antonio.

Read on to learn more about the session and the summit.

Earlier this year the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed updates to its TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule.

The proposal was followed by a comment period ending Oct. 18. Many in the industry were disappointed the TRID forms will not change. Others were concerned that the simultaneous disclosure issues wasn’t addressed.

Read on to learn more.