Changes in Branch Office Registration Requirements

Document 2024-02023 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Federal Register on February 2, 2024, with an effective date of March 4, 2024. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner is issuing final regulations to amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) requirement for branch office registration. The final rule removes the requirement that lenders and mortgagees register each branch office where they conduct FHA business with HUD. After considering public comments received in response to the proposed rule HUD published on March 1, 2023, this final rule adopts the proposed rule without change. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/02/2024-02023/changes-in-branch-office-registration-requirements.

No. Document 2024-02023 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.