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Lobbying Spend
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Filings
71
Firms Hired
1
Active Period
2009–2026
Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings
Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available
Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings
Most frequently reported lobbying issues
Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded
VA Home Loan Program Reform Act
2026 · second_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
CFPB regulation of small lenders; need for GSEs to buy more MBS to help reduce spread btw mortgage money and 10-yr Treasury bonds. HR 1815, VA partial indem bill. Concerns on using VA mortgage guarantee fees to pay for non-housing veterans benefits. Also the continued need for mortgage credit score reform, especially the excessive FICO price hikes each Fall. Need to maintain credit try-merge process.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $24,000
Matched citations: HR 1815
VA Home Loan Program Reform Act
2026 · first_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
CFPB regulation of small lenders; need for GSEs to buy more MBS to help reduce spread btw mortgage money and 10-yr Treasury bonds. HR 1815, VA partial indem bill. Concerns on using VA mortgage guarantee fees to pay for non-housing veterans benefits. Also the continued need for mortgage credit score reform, especially the excessive FICO price hikes each Fall. Need to maintain credit try-merge process.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $24,000
Matched citations: HR 1815
VA Home Loan Program Reform Act
2025 · fourth_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
CFPB regulation of small lenders; future of GSEs and need to end conservatorships; need for GSEs to buy more MBS to help reduce spread btw mortgage money and 10-yr Treasury bonds. HR 1815, VA partial indem bill. Also the continued need for mortgage credit score reform, especially the excessive FICO price hikes each Fall.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $24,000
Matched citations: HR 1815
VA Home Loan Program Reform Act
2025 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
CFPB regulation of small lenders; future of GSEs and need to end conservatorships; need for GSEs to buy more MBS to help reduce spread btw mortgage money and 10-yr Treasury bonds. HR 1815, VA partial indem bill. Also the continued need for mortgage credit score reform.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $24,000
Matched citations: HR 1815
VA Home Loan Program Reform Act
2025 · second_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
CFPB regulation of small lenders; QM mortgage parameters and CFPB publishing of key metrics; future of GSEs and need to end conservatorships; need for GSEs to help reduce spread btw mortgage money and 10-yr Treasury bonds. HR 1815, VA partial indem bill, also S 3502, banning mortgage Trigger Leads. Also the continued need for mortgage credit score reform.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $24,000
Matched citations: HR 1815
CFPB regulation of small lenders; QM mortgage parameters and CFPB publishing of key metrics; future of GSEs and need to end conservatorships; need for GSEs to help reduce spread btw mortgage money and 10-yr Treasury bonds. HR 1815, VA partial indem bill, also S 3502, banning mortgage Trigger Leads. Also the continued need for mortgage credit score reform.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $24,000
Matched citations: S 3502
Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act
2024 · fourth_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
Need for better regulation of credit-score industry monopoly pricing; reduced mortgage guarantee fees (to better match actuarial costs) for both FHA and VA mortgages. Trigger leads legislation (S. 3502). Reduced regulation for small IMBs, including a duplicative new registry rule put forth by the CFPB.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $24,000
Matched citations: S. 3502
Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act
2024 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
Need for better regulation of credit-score industry monopoly pricing; reduced mortgage guarantee fees (to better match actuarial costs) for both FHA and VA mortgages. Trigger leads legislation (S. 3502). Repurchase policies of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $24,000
Matched citations: S. 3502
Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act
2024 · second_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
Updated, reformed PTAP at Ginnie Mae for nonbank lenders; reduced mortgage guarantee fees (to better match actuarial costs) for both FHA and VA mortgages. Challenge of high credit score fees in the industry; trigger leads legislation (S. 3502). Repurchase policies of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $24,000
Matched citations: S. 3502
Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act
2024 · first_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
Updated, reformed PTAP at Ginnie Mae for nonbank lenders; reduced mortgage guarantee fees (to better match actuarial costs) for both FHA and VA mortgages. Challenge of high credit score fees in the industry; trigger leads legislation (S. 3502). Repurchase policies of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $24,000
Matched citations: S. 3502
Mortgage guarantee fees in general, and especially for FHA fees; HR 3172, HELPER Act; future of US secondary market, including PSPA changes. Ginnie Mae policy including risk-based capital proposal. Affordable lending and capital policy therein. Minimum net worth and liquidity requirements for IMBs.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $24,000
Matched citations: HR 3172
Mortgage guarantee fees in general, and especially for FHA fees; HR 3172, HELPER Act; future of US secondary market, including PSPA changes. Affordable lending and capital policy therein. Minimum net worth and liquidity requirements for IMBs.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: HR 3172
Mortgage guarantee fees in general, and especially for FHA fees; HR 3172, HELPER Act; future of US secondary market, including PSPA changes. Affordable lending and capital policy therein.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: HR 3172
Mortgage guarantee fees in general; HR 3172, HELPER Act; future of US secondary market, including PSPA changes. Affordable lending and capital policy therein. FHA guarantee fee policy given high reserves.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: HR 3172
Mortgage guarantee fees in general; HR 3172, HELPER Act; future of US secondary market, including PSPA changes. Affordable lending and capital policy therein.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: HR 3172
Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2019
2020 · second_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
QM Patch renewal; CARES Act mortgage forbearance policy; VA mortgage fee hikes in HR 3504. Risk of IMB sector relative to other finance sectors, and risk control measures of industry. LO Comp reform for nonbank lenders.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: HR 3504
Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2019
2020 · first_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
QM Patch renewal; CARES Act mortgage forbearance policy; VA mortgage fee hikes in HR 3504. Risk of IMB sector relative to other finance sectors, and risk control measures of industry. LO Comp reform for nonbank lenders.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: HR 3504
Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2019
2019 · fourth_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
QM Patch renewal; VA mortgage fee hikes in HR 3504; GSE futures; Regulatory Relief for Community Lenders as per Dodd-Frank. Loan officer comp reform for nonbank lenders.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: HR 3504
Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2019
2019 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
QM Patch renewal; VA mortgage fee hikes in HR 3504; GSE futures; Regulatory Relief for Community Lenders as per Dodd-Frank. Loan officer comp reform for nonbank lenders.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: HR 3504
Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act
2018 · second_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
S. 2155; Small lender reg relief generally. GSE Reform generally. Loan Officer Transitional Licensing (Safe Act) VA lending, refi churn.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: S. 2155
Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act
2018 · first_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
S. 2155; Small lender reg relief generally. GSE Reform generally. Loan Officer Transitional Licensing (Safe Act) VA lending, refi churn.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: S. 2155
Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory Act of 2017
2017 · fourth_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
HR 1964, regulatory relief for small lenders. Small lender reg relief generally. GSE Reform generally. Loan Officer Transitional Licensing (Safe Act) VA lending, refi churn.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: HR 1964
Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory Act of 2017
2017 · fourth_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
HR 1964, regulatory relief for small lenders. Small lender reg relief generally. GSE Reform generally. Loan Officer Transitional Licensing (Safe Act) VA lending, refi churn.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: HR 1964
Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory Act of 2017
2017 · third_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
HR 1964, regulatory relief for small lenders. GSE Reform generally. Loan Officer Transitional Licensing.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: HR 1964
Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory Act of 2017
2017 · second_quarter · Firm: MR. ROBERT ZIMMER
HR 1964, regulatory relief for small lenders. GSE Reform generally. Loan Officer Transitional Licensing.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $21,000
Matched citations: HR 1964
Source: Senate LDA