CFPB Extends Mortgage Loan Data Gathering
Published Date: 12/10/2025
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Summary
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to keep collecting info from mortgage loan originators to make sure they follow the rules. This affects over 260,000 businesses and keeps paperwork in check without adding new costs. You’ve got until February 9, 2026, to share your thoughts on this extension!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Extension of MLO Data Collection
The CFPB is requesting to extend its existing information collection for Registration of Mortgage Loan Originators (Regulation G) under OMB Control Number 3170-0005. This affects an estimated 261,638 respondents and an estimated total annual burden of 249,628 hours; comments are due by February 9, 2026.
MLO Registration and Consumer ID Disclosure
Regulation G requires covered financial institutions and their residential mortgage loan originators (MLOs) to register with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry, obtain and maintain a unique identifier, and disclose that unique identifier to consumers; covered institutions must adopt written policies and procedures to ensure compliance.
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