MAA Post-Election Update Nov. 19

The MBA Mortgage Action Alliance Post-Election Update, taking place Thursday, Nov. 19 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET, provides MAA members (and prospective MAA members) with a briefing on election results to date and the anticipated impacts on the industry.

The Week Ahead—Nov. 16, 2020

Good morning and happy Monday! It’s that “in-between period” here in Washington—in-between holidays (Veterans Day and Thanksgiving), in-between autumn and winter; and in-between Administrations (we think).

MAA Post-Election Update Nov. 19

The MBA Mortgage Action Alliance Post-Election Update, taking place Thursday, Nov. 19 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET, provides MAA members (and prospective MAA members) with a briefing on election results to date and the anticipated impacts on the industry.

MAA Post-Election Update Nov. 19

The MBA Mortgage Action Alliance Post-Election Update, taking place Thursday, Nov. 19 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET, provides MAA members (and prospective MAA members) with a briefing on election results to date and the anticipated impacts on the industry.

MBA Advocacy Update

MBA and several trade organizations sent a letter to Congress asking them to consider a longer-term solution to the National Flood Insurance Program, which is set to expire at the end of the month. Also last week, the Supreme Court set oral arguments for December 9 in Collins v. Mnuchin, the case that will determine the constitutionality of the FHFA’s independent director structure.

FHFA Delays Refi Fee Implementation to Dec. 1

The Federal Housing Finance Agency this afternoon said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would delay implementation of a controversial Adverse Market Refinance Fee by two months, to Dec. 1.

The Week Ahead–Aug. 17, 2020

Good morning! August is usually a quiet time in Washington—so quiet, that not too many years ago, MBA NewsLink would take a week-long break during the month and not miss a thing. That’s not the case these days.

MBA Mortgage Action Alliance ‘Call to Action’ Targets GSE Refi Fee

In the wake of new directive by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to impose a 50 basis point “Adverse Market Refinance Fee” on most refinance mortgages, effective Sept. 1, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s grassroots advocacy arm, the Mortgage Action Alliance, issued a ‘Call to Action’ urging its 50,000 members to contact their members of Congress and the Federal Housing Finance Agency to roll back the directive.