To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On February 23, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a statement that it planned to propose a rule to "delay the July 1, 2021 mandatory compliance date of the General QM Final Rule." Consistent with that, the CFPB announced a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on March 3, which would push back the current mandatory compliance date for the General Qualified Mortgage (QM) Final Rule to October 1, 2022. This would significantly extend the "GSE patch" and may be a sign of more things to come. As discussed more fully in a prior post, the General QM Final Rule was