MBA Letter Offers Recommendations on 2 House Bills

The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a May 12 letter to House Financial Services Committee leadership, expressed concerns with two bills currently under the Committee’s consideration and offered recommendations to improve those bills.

MBA Letter Outlines Fiscal 2021 Budget Priorities

The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a Feb. 10 letter to the House Financial Services Committee, outlined several priorities it supports as the committee wrestles with its markup of the federal government’s fiscal 2021 budget.

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.

MBA Urges House to Support FY2021 T-HUD Priorities

The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a July 14 letter to House leadership, urged the House to approve key industry-supported provisions for FHA in the federal government’s fiscal 2021 proposed budget.

MBA Outlines Industry Priorities for Next COVID-19 Relief Package

The House has its wish-list for the next round of relief stemming from the coronavirus pandemic—a $3 trillion package that has no chance of passing into law. The Senate is working on its own version—which also has no chance of passing. To help Congress out, the Mortgage Bankers Association provided House and Senate leadership with its legislative priorities for the next relief package.