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Don’t Make These Mistakes When Issuing a Loan Proposal Letter

South State Correspondent

Adjustable Rate Term Loan Post-Construction In construction-through-perm financing, banks will quote a takeout term loan priced on a preset spread over an index in the future. Last week, we discussed how and why commercial lenders use a bank loan proposal letter (aka commitment letters) to their advantage ( HERE ).

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Federal Reserve Board issues proposal on benchmark replacements for contracts that use LIBOR

CFPB Monitor

Before the amendments, Regulation Z’s open-end credit provisions only allowed HELOC creditors and card issuers to change an index and margin used to set the APR on a variable-rate account when the original index “becomes unavailable” or “is no longer available” and certain other conditions are met.

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CFPB finalizes Regulation Z changes to address discontinuation of LIBOR index

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB has issued a final rule amending Regulation Z to address the discontinuation of the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) that is currently used by many creditors as the index for calculating the interest rate on credit cards and other variable-rate consumer credit products. Change in index.

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The challenges of measuring financial conditions

BankUnderground

A financial conditions index (FCI) is a common solution, and its advantage lies in the disadvantage of the alternative: it is simpler than making a judgement across a range of individual variables. I argue that while making this connection is helpful, these indices risk trying to achieve too much in just one index.

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CFPB proposes Regulation Z changes to address discontinuation of LIBOR index; Ballard Spahr to hold July 14 webinar

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB has proposed amendments to Regulation Z to address the discontinuation of the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) that is currently used by many creditors as the index for calculating the interest rate on credit cards and other variable-rate consumer credit products. Change in index. ” Click here to register.

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SMBs Say US Tariffs On Chinese Goods Are Limiting Imports Of Hand Sanitizer, Disinfectant

PYMNTS

Fabric for hospital bedsheets made by Standard Textile in South Carolina and Georgia can only be found in China, and is subjected to tariffs. . The worst is likely still to come, according to the most recent Brookings-Financial Times Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery (TIGER). Although China and the U.S.

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CFPB Announces No Change in HPML Appraisal Exemption Threshold

CFPB Monitor

The initial exemption threshold was $25,000, and the threshold is subject to annual adjustment based on changes in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers.

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