Due to an annual decrease in consumer prices, financial regulators announced today that the dollar threshold at which higher priced-mortgages become subject to special appraisal requirements will remain unchanged at $25,500 in 2017. Agencies also said today that the threshold under which consumer credit and lease transactions under Regulation Z (Truth in Lending Act) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing Act) are exempt will remain at $54,600 in 2017.
Federal Trade Commission bans noncompete clauses
The Federal Trade Commission finalized a new rule to ban the use of noncompete clauses in employee contracts.