Regulators: Fair Lending and QM Not Incompatible (In Theory, Anyway)
Five federal regulatory agencies jointly publish a statement addressing the fair lending risks associated with financial institutions who choose to offer only Qualified Mortgages. The agencies state that they do not find fair lending and Ability to Repay Rule incompatible, even if QMs are the only mortgages an institution chooses to make, "absent other factors" (like disparate impact, maybe?) [10/23]