WHAT?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a final rule to revise Regulation Z to require creditors to make a reasonable, good faith determination of a consumer's ability to repay (ATR) any consumer credit transaction secured by a dwelling. The rule was effective on January 10, 2014. Most of the seven options for verifying repayment ability include consideration of a debt-to-income ratio (DTI). But the various ATR options use different DTI calculation methods. This program explains all of the rules related to the calculation of debt-to-income ratios for purposes of verifying the consumer's repayment ability.
WHY?
Upon completion of this program, participants understand:
- Which of the seven repayment ability options require consideration of a debt-to-income ratio
- The various methods of calculating debt-to-income ratios
- What is included in debt
- What rate assumption is used when calculating debt payment amounts
- What is included in income
- When and how income must be verified
- When Appendix Q must be used
- Much, much more.
Participants receive a detailed manual that serves as a handbook long after the program is completed
PROGRAM CONTENT
This two-hour program explains the final rules for calculating debt-to-income ratios for the ATR rules.
WHO?
The program is designed for loan originators, underwriters, compliance officers and auditors and others with responsibilities for originating and auditing closed-end consumer credit transactions secured by a dwelling.