Disclosure and Delivery Requirements for Copies of Appraisals and Other Written Valuations Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)


We are amending Regulation B, which implements the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), and the Bureau’s official interpretations of the regulation, which interpret and clarify the requirements of Regulation B. The final rule revises Regulation B to implement an ECOA amendment concerning appraisals and other valuations that was enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Act. In general, the revisions to Regulation B require creditors to provide to applicants free copies of all appraisals and other written valuations developed in connection with an application for a loan to be secured by a first lien on a dwelling, and require creditors to notify applicants in writing that copies of appraisals will be provided to them promptly.

This page also contains summaries and other resources to help you understand the rule and its implications.

Contents

  1. The rule
    1. Effective date
    2. Breakdown of the document’s contents
  2. What this means for consumers
  3. Detailed summary of the rule
  4. Related proposals

The rule

Effective dates

This rule is effective January 18, 2014.

Breakdown of the documents’ contents

This document contains the following parts:

  • Preamble summarizing why we are issuing the rule, our legal authority, reasoning behind the rule, responses to comments, and analysis of the benefits, costs, and impacts of the rule
  • Regulatory text, which, when effective, will amend Regulation B and can be found on page 112 of the full document
  • Official interpretations of the rule, which can be found on page 116 of the full document

We issued the document containing this final rule on January 18, 2013. View the full document as issued.

The Office of the Federal Register published the final rule on January 31, 2013. View the rule as published in the Federal Register.

What this means for consumers

The new rule will go into effect on January 18, 2014. This summary outlines some of the ways we expect it to impact consumers who seek or have residential mortgage loans. Download the consumer summary.

Detailed summary of the rule

Read the detailed summary to learn more about the background of this rule and how it affects providers of financial products and services.

Related proposals

The Bureau issued its proposal for public comment on August 15, 2012. The proposal was published in the Federal Register on August 21, 2012. View the proposed rule and comments received in response on the electronic docket.