Submission of 2021 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data

Dear Boards of Directors and Chief Executive Officers:

Credit unions located in metropolitan areas that engage in certain types and volume of residential mortgage lending, and that had assets exceeding $48 million as of December 31, 2020, must file a report this year on mortgage loan applications received during 2021. The filing is required under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), as implemented by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) Regulation C.¹

Credit unions subject to HMDA requirements in calendar year 2021 must submit loan/application register data to the CFPB by March 1, 2022.

To determine if your credit union must submit HMDA data for calendar year 2021 activity, please review the This is an external link to a website belonging to another federal agency, private organization, or commercial entity. 2021 HMDA Institutional Coverage Chart (Opens new window) .

Please note, the closed-end mortgage loan threshold increased from 25 to 100 effective July 1, 2020. Credit unions that originated fewer than 100 covered closed-end mortgage loans in 2019 or 2020 are not required to report any closed-end mortgage loan information for 2021. This is an external link to a website belonging to another federal agency, private organization, or commercial entity. Section 1003.3(c) (Opens new window) of Regulation C lists excluded (not covered) transactions.

Submission Process for Data Collected in 2021

Credit unions must submit their HMDA data using the This is an external link to a website belonging to another federal agency, private organization, or commercial entity. HMDA Platform (Opens new window) . No other submission methods are permitted. Credit unions will use the HMDA Platform to upload their loan/application register (LAR) data, review edits, certify the accuracy and completeness of the data, and submit data for the filing year.

Note: While a beta system is available for testing purposes, final HMDA data must be submitted to the live HMDA Platform.

The HMDA Platform will guide credit unions through the LAR filing process. Credit unions should use a modern web browser, such as the latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer 11, Safari, or Microsoft Edge to access the HMDA Platform.

Credit unions must submit data collected in a pipe delimited text file (.txt). A This is an external link to a website belonging to another federal agency, private organization, or commercial entity. LAR formatting Tool (Opens new window) has been developed to help format certain data into a pipe delimited text file. The This is an external link to a website belonging to another federal agency, private organization, or commercial entity. LAR Formatting Tool (Opens new window) may be especially helpful for credit unions with small volumes of reported loans that do not use vendor or other software to prepare their HMDA data for submission.

Credit unions must address all edits prior to submitting their HMDA data. The edit report will be web-based. Additionally:

• Edit reports will not be e-mailed to credit unions in a PDF format. Instead, the CFPB edit reports must be viewed in, and can be downloaded from, the HMDA Platform.
• Responses to edits cannot be faxed or e-mailed to the CFPB. The HMDA Platform will guide credit unions through the process of addressing edits.

As part of the submission process, an authorized representative of your credit union with knowledge of the data submitted must certify the accuracy and completeness of the data submission. Credit unions cannot fax or e-mail the signed certification. The HMDA Platform must be used for all aspects of the submission process.

Additional resources, including the This is an external link to a website belonging to another federal agency, private organization, or commercial entity. Filing Instructions Guide for HMDA data (Opens new window) collected in 2021, can be found on the This is an external link to a website belonging to another federal agency, private organization, or commercial entity. Resources for HMDA filers (Opens new window) page on the CFPB’s website.

Technical questions about reporting HMDA data collected in or after 2021 should be directed to hmdahelp@cfpb.gov.

NCUA Policy Concerning Delinquent Filings

NCUA expects every credit union required to report 2021 HMDA data to submit its file to the CFPB by the March 1, 2022, deadline. Credit unions appearing on a delinquent filers list could become subject to civil money penalty assessments.

Additional Information

If you have questions about the information in this Regulatory Alert, please contact the NCUA’s Office of Consumer Financial Protection at 703.518.1140 or ComplianceMail@ncua.gov. You can also contact your NCUA regional office or your state supervisory authority.