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Regulatory Risk of 2025

MSA compliance keeps producing the same question for lenders: your marketing services agreement looks fine on paper, but can you defend the valuation behind it if a regulator asks? That question, along with RESPA Section 8 risk, co-marketing cost splits, video content compliance, and the 2025 enforcement outlook.

What You’ll Learn

  • Does underpaying a marketing services provider below its third-party valuation create RESPA Section 8 risk, and what should you do instead?
  • How do you determine proportional share on co-marketed digital ads when placement, prominence, and platform vary?
  • Where is the line between taking a realtor friend to dinner and a RESPA Section 8 violation, according to the CFPB’s own guidance?
  • What compliance exposure does live video content, open house walkthroughs, and loan officer social posts create, and how do you manage it?
  • What should compliance officers expect from CFPB enforcement and state-level regulators picking up the slack in 2025?