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Certain Requirements Imposed by the Dodd-Frank Financial Overhaul Legislation Regarding Mortgage Origins

This edition of the Hawkins Advisory is published in response to the concern with subprime mortgage lending and the perception that enhanced standards for origination of residential mortgage loans require federal regulation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act the “Legislation”), signed into law on July 21, 2010, includes Title XIV entitled the “Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act.”