The Federal Housing Administration today published a final rule removing Libor as an approved index for adjustable-rate mortgages and replacing it with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as the approved index for newly originated forward ARMs, effective March 31. According to the agency, the rule also codifies the same changes made for newly originated reverse home equity conversion mortgage ARMs, makes clarifying regulatory changes to the requirements for monthly adjustable HECM ARMs, and establishes a 10 percentage points maximum lifetime adjustment cap for monthly adjustable HECM ARMs.
ABA reminds CFPB of key recommendations on mortgage servicing reform
ABA reiterated several key recommendations it first outlined in 2024 in response to CFPB’s proposed revisions to Regulation X’s mortgage servicing rules.










