Press Release

June 26, 2009 Agencies Issue Interim Final Rule for Mortgage Loans Modified Under the Making Home Affordable Program Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Office of Thrift Supervision For immediate release Share The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies today invited public comment on an interim final rule that provides that mortgage loans modified under the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Making Home Affordable Program (MHAP) will retain the risk weight applicable before modification. On March 4, 2009, the Treasury announced guidelines under the MHAP to promote sustainable loan modifications for homeowners at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure. The interim final rule would provide a common interagency capital treatment for mortgage loans modified under MHAP. For example, mortgage loans risk weighted at 50 percent prior to modification would continue to be risk weighted at 50 percent after modification provided they continue to meet other applicable criteria. The interim final rule, by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of Thrift Supervision, will take effect upon publication in the Federal Register , which is expected shortly. Public comments must be submitted within 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. The Federal Register notice is attached. Federal Register notice: 83 KB PDF | HTML Media Contacts:

Federal Reserve (2009, June 25). Press Release. Press Releases, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/press_release_20090626_agencies_issue_interim_final_rule_for_mortgage

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  author = {Federal Reserve},
  title = {Press Release},
  year = {2009},
  month = {Jun},
  howpublished = {Press Releases, Federal Reserve},
  url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/press_release_20090626_agencies_issue_interim_final_rule_for_mortgage},
  note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
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