On August 24, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB“) issued a new rule that amends the 2015 updates to the Home Mortgage Act (“HMDA“) rules. Under the HMDA rules that are scheduled to take effect in January 2018, financial institutions would have been required to report home‑equity lines of credit if they made 100 such loans in each of the last two years. The new final rule issued by the CFPB increases the threshold from 100 loans to 500 loans through 2018 and 2019 while the CFPB considers whether to make a permanent adjustment. Read more here.