MAA Action Week Now ‘Month of MAA’

The Mortgage Action Alliance, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s free grassroots advocacy network, extended its fifth annual Action Week to the end of the month, through May, following a successful campaign that has seen its membership nearly double since February.

MBA Year-End Advocacy Update

In 2019, with the confirmation of Mark Calabria to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the release of the Trump administration’s reform plans, housing finance reform took center stage again. Against that backdrop, MBA continued to assert its position as the thought leader on all elements of housing finance reform.

MBA Mortgage Action Alliance Update

Last Thursday, Congress passed, and the president signed into law, another short-term continuing resolution to fund the government until December 20. On Tuesday, FHFA announced plans to repropose the agency’s rule on capital requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2020. And on Nov. 24, the mortgage loan originator temporary authority law went into effect.