Homeowner Equity Protection Act of 2010

Monitor Real Estate Procedures Act (RESPA ) reform and other real estate settlement issues. The Dodd Frank Act: title Insurance issues. H.R. 6260, Ban on Private Trasnfer Fees in mortgages.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 6260, Homeowner Equity Protection Act of 2010, entire bill; H.R. 6332 Homebuyer Enhanced Fee Disclosure Act of 2010, provisions related to private transfer fee covenants; H.R. 6460 Transparency and Security in Mortgage Registration Act; entire bill.

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

H.R. 1728 - To amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans, and for other purposes. H.R. 1479 - To enhance the availability of capital, credit, and other banking and financial services for all citizens and communities, to ensure that community reinvestment requirements are updated to account for changes in the financial industry and that reinvestment requirements keep pace as banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers become affiliates as a result of the enactment of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 2483 - Increasing Homeownership Opportunities Act - Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act and the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to increase limitations on the maximum original principal obligation of mortgages that may purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Association (Freddie Mac). H.R. 3126 - Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 - Establishes the Consumer Financial Protection Agency as an independent executive agency to regulate the provision of consumer financial products or services (products or services). H.R. 3288 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Includes language to expand current GSE & FHA Loan Limits through Fiscal Year 2010. H.R. 3380 - Promoting Lending to America's Small Businesses Act of 2009 - To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes. H.R. 4173 - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - Creates a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) to monitor any consumer financial products, creates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to advise Treasury on major domestic and international insurance policy issues, requires new appraisal rules no later than 60 days after the bill is enacted and would sunset the HVCC, creates a council of federal regulators to oversee the financial system for companies that pose a systemic risk, attempts to make some regulatory simplification, but does not eliminate all the different regulatory bodies. H.R. 5072 - FHA Reform Act of 2010 - To improve the financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program. H.R. 6256 - Strengthening FHA through Shared Equity Homeownership Act - Would crete a shared equity homeownership program under FHA. H.R. 6260 - Homeowners Equity Protection Act - Would prohibit private transfer fees on real properties, except for certain exclusions. S. 365 - Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of Justice (DOJ) a Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force to: (1) establish branches in the 10 states with the highest concentration of mortgage fraud; (2) establish coordinating entities, and solicit the voluntary participation of federal, state, and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies, to organize initiatives to address mortgage fraud; (3) train such agencies; (4) collect and disseminate mortgage fraud data; and (5) perform other related functions. C.A.R. lobbied concerning the future of the GSE's (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) and their future regulatory structure. C.A.R. monitored and discussed with members of Congress the potential impact on the availability of capital in the housing market when the Federal Reserve ended its $1.25 trillion purchase of mortgage-backed-securities at the end of the 1stQ 2010. C.A.R. submitted a comment letter to HUD on their proposed rule implementing the SAFE Act and its application to real estate transactions that involve seller financing. C.A.R. commented to the Treasury, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac regarding their implementation of the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program and how language in their proposed form will impact real estate agents involved in a HAFA short sale. C.A.R. commented to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHFA regarding "Private Transfer Fees." C.A.R. asked them to issue guidelines opposing these fees and refuse to purchase, guarantee or insure mortgages taht have these fees on title. C.A.R. commented to the Federal Housing Finance Agency on their proposed guidelines regarding Private Transfer Fee Covenants. C.A.R. commented to the U.S. Treasury Department on their Request for Public Input on Reform of the Housing Finance System.

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)