Nanci Weissgold

About Nanci Weissgold

Nanci Weissgold is a Chambers-ranked, American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers fellow who co-leads the firm’s consumer finance practice and maintains a national practice representing consumer financial services providers in a wide array of federal and state regulatory and supervisory matters. Her clients value her pragmatism preparing for and responding to CFPB, FHA, state, and other administrative actions.

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New York Enacts HECM Law

January 9, 2020 By Nanci Weissgold

A&B ABstract: Effective March 5, 2020, New York Assembly Bill 5626 (“AB 5626”) regulates the origination and servicing of the federal U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) home equity conversion mortgages (“HECMs”). Significant Impact to Mortgage Lenders and Servicers With the stated purpose of providing “new regulations on reverse mortgage products pertaining to […]

NYDFS Issues Final Mortgage Loan Servicer Business Conduct Rules

December 20, 2019 By Morey Barnes Yost, Nanci Weissgold and Anoush Garakani

The New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) has issued final mortgage servicer business conduct rules found in Part 419 of the Superintendent’s Regulations. Our January 24 client advisory provides a full analysis of the changes, which include: New provisions governing affiliated business arrangements; Expanded restrictions on servicing fees (including property valuation fees); A broader […]

CFPB Issues Its Fall 2019 Rulemaking Agenda

November 27, 2019 By Nanci Weissgold and Anoush Garakani

A&B Abstract: On November 20, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau” or “CFPB”) published its Fall 2019 Rulemaking Agenda (the “Rulemaking Agenda”) as part of the Fall 2019 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The Rulemaking Agenda sets forth the matters that the Bureau reasonably anticipates having under consideration during the […]

Federal Court Inspects Maryland’s Restrictions on Inspection Fees

November 15, 2019 By Nanci Weissgold and Anoush Garakani

A&B Abstract: Maryland’s inspection fee statute has been interpreted by the Maryland Court of Appeals and the Maryland Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation (“OCFR”) to apply both at the time of origination and throughout the servicing of a residential mortgage loan. More recently, a lower federal district court decision came to a different […]

Changes to the Department of Defense’s SCRA Website Database Could Impact Servicers

November 11, 2019 By Nanci Weissgold

A&B ABstract: Servicers should be aware of changes being made to the Department of Defense’s (“DoD”) Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”) website in response to a complaint that the DoD failed to protect the privacy of servicemembers’ personal information. Discussion The SCRA provides certain financial and legal protections to active duty service members. Servicers are […]