Resources
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MBA Joint Letter on H.R. 8127, The Heirs Estate Inheritance Resolution and Succession (HEIRS) Act of 2024.
The undersigned organizations, write to express our strong support for H.R. 8127, The Heirs Estate Inheritance Resolution and Succession (HEIRS) Act of 2024. This bipartisan legislation will provide relief to the countless families across the country that are negatively impacted by heirs’ property.
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MBA Comment Letter on Proposed 2025 NMLS Fee Changes
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments to the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and State Regulatory Registry, LLC (SRR) in response to the proposed 2025 National Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) Fee Changes.
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MBA Joint Trade Letter Opposing President Joe Biden's Rent Control Proposal
The undersigned national real estate associations write to share our strong opposition to your recent proposal to cap rents nationwide. Rent control policies have proven time and again to increase rents, reduce the capital needed to boost the supply of housing, and ultimately hurt renters today and in the future.
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MBA Letter to VA Requesting a Delay on Loan Review API
MBA members support the recent initiatives of the VA Loan Guaranty Service to implement systems that streamline and improve the mortgage origination process, however, whenever such changes are made it is essential that the VA allows sufficient time for testing, troubleshooting and system integration.
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MBA Joint Letter to CFPB Requesting Reg X Extension
The undersigned associations and organizations submit this joint letter to seek an extension of the deadline for submission of comments on the Bureau's proposed amendments to Regulation X.
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MBA Letter to FHA and HUD Requesting ROV extension
MBA submitted a letter to FHA and HUD on the extension on the implementation Reconsideration of Value Policy.
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MBA Joint Letter to HUD on FFRMS Extension
The undersigned national real estate associations represent a broad coalition of housing providers committed to working with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to bolster housing supply and address America’s housing affordability crisis. We share in HUD’s goals of resiliency and efforts to combat the impact of climate change on real estate, especially housing. However, our groups have significant concerns about the implementation of the recent Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) rule. FHA Multifamily borrowers must not be subject to an implementation date that is arbitrary and impacted by the capacity of HUD staff.
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MBA Letter to FHFA on FHLB RFI
MBA believes this key finding has a direct connection to our longstanding position that FHLB membership should be expanded to mortgage finance companies with a strong and demonstrable connection to the mission of the FHLBank System.
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MBA Joint Trades Letter on the Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act
The undersigned organizations write in strong support of the Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act that Representatives Mike Carey and Jimmy Gomez are preparing to introduce. We encourage you to cosponsor and help advance this bipartisan measure that aims to modernize U.S. real estate, create new and affordable housing, and strengthen local communities through a market-based tax incentive for converting older commercial properties to residential use.
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MBA Letter to Treasury and HUD on its Concerns Regarding the Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk-Sharing Program
MBA writes to express our concern about the Biden administration’s continued focus on the Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk-Sharing Program. The FFB program creates direct and unfair competition with private sector lenders that participate in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) multifamily accelerated processing (MAP) program and may discourage their participation in the market in the future. The Administration should instead focus its efforts to increase supply on changes to the FHA MAP program and allow MAP lenders to access the FFB.
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MBA Joint Trades Letter on Committee Markup of the American Privacy Rights Act
MBA express concerns about the ambiguity of the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA) exception provided in the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) Discussion Draft and advocate for clear language that provide an exception for entities subject to the GLBA.
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MBA Comment Letter on ML for Significant Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Requirements
The Mortgage Bankers Association provides feedback in response to the recent Mortgagee Letter (ML) concerning Significant Cybersecurity Incident reporting requirements. Given the evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, it is crucial to establish clear, consistent, and practical policies to navigate potential cyberattacks effectively. By doing so, lenders can better safeguard their systems while protecting customers, employees, vendors, counterparties, and agency partners.
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MBA Letter to VA Subcommittee on H.R. 8647, the VA Home Loan Reform Act
Mortgage Bankers Association writes to express the real estate finance industry’s views on the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (ANS) to H.R. 8647, the VA Home Loan Reform Act scheduled for markup in the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs’ Economic Opportunity Subcommittee on Thursday, June 27. The bill, as amended, takes an important first step towards providing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and affected homeowners with a solution to resolve delinquencies that other borrowers with government-backed loans already possess. Veterans rightly deserve the same protection and assistance as other homeowners.
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MBA Joint Trade Letter on FY 2025 Ginnie Mae Appropriations
As Congress commences the process of crafting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (“T-HUD”) Appropriations bill, we write to express our strong support for full funding of the FY 2025 budget request level of $67 million for salaries and expenses of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
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MBA Letter to HUD on NSPIRE Program
MBA writes to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide written assurance that servicers will not be held accountable for compliance with the new National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) system until it is fully accessible and usable to each participant.
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Written Statement of Karen Kreutziger Powell Chief Executive Officer Flat Branch Home Loans on Behalf of the Mortgage Bankers Association
Karen Kreutziger Powell, Chief Executive Officer at Flat Branch Home Loans, an independent residential mortgage lender licensed in thirty-six states appears in her capacity as a member of MBA’s Residential Board of Governors – and as a former Co-Chair of MBA’s Independent Mortgage Banker (IMB) Executive Council.
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MBA Joint Letter on NFIP Proposed Dwelling Form Changes
In response to FEMA’s recent publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking directed at National Flood Insurance Program and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Form, we wish to express strong support for the modernization of the policy forms, and we respectfully submit the following comments and concerns for consideration by FEMA.
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MBA Joint Trade letter on the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce Markup of Privacy Legislation
The primary privacy and data security consumer protection law for financial institutions is Title V of the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA). We support legislation to put in place a national privacy standard, but that standard must recognize the strong privacy and data security standards that are already in place for the financial sector under the GLBA and other financial privacy laws (e.g., the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Right to Financial Privacy Act) and avoid provisions that duplicate or are inconsistent with those laws.
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MBA Comment Letter on the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (“APRA”) Markup
Mortgage Bankers Association appreciates this opportunity to comment on the most recent text of the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (“APRA”). MBA has concerns with a number of provisions included in the bill (as currently proposed). Therefore, we respectfully urge your Subcommittee (and, in turn, the full Committee) to carefully consider these concerns as the APRA proceeds to an initial markup later this week.
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MBA Comment Letter to FHFA on Freddie Mac’s Proposed Purchase of Single-Family Closed-End Second Mortgages
The Mortgage Bankers Association1 (MBA) thanks the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) for the opportunity to comment on a new product proposal2 from Freddie Mac which would allow them to purchase certain closed-end second mortgages. To ensure this new product addresses mission-related needs in the market and does not supplant existing similar offerings or cause unintended market disruption, MBA recommends that FHFA address the outstanding questions before rendering a decision on product approval.