Washington Update: Alerts

MBA Alerts / Action Alerts

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12/30/02	The Seventh Circuit Rules That RESPA Is Not A Price Control Statute
12/23/02	Bank Regulators Allow Financial Institutions to Make Loans During NFIP Lapse (12/23) For More Information Check Out the National Insurance Flood Program Resource Center
12/19/02	Get the Latest Updates on the National Flood Insurance Program. Visit MBA's NFIP Resource Center
12/18/02	VA Receives Authority and Funding for Hybrid ARM
12/17/02	MBA, Trade Groups Press For Flood Loan Guidance
12/6/02	MEMBER ALERT: OTS Delays Implementation of Regulations on Parity Act
12/2/02	MEMBER ALERT: MBA Requests Delay Of Parity Rule Changes
12/4/02	President Bush Signs the FHA Downpayment Simplification Act of 2002
12/2/02	MBA Requests Delay Of Parity Rule Changes

11/27/02	MEMBER ALERT: Congress Fails to Reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program
11/26/02	MEMBER ALERT: 2003 Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Single Family Loan Limits - 2003 FHA Loan Limits

10/31/02	MEMBER ALERT: Notice Of Ginnie Mae Proposal For Ginnie Mae II Program Changes
10/28/02	MBA Submits Comments to HUD On the Proposed RESPA Rule Changes [pdf]

8/20/02	Co-Sponsors Needed For Loan Limits Bill
7/29/02	ACTION ALERT: Terrorism Insurance

5/23/02	Fourth Circuit Unanimously Rejects HUD Position That RESPA § 8(b)
5/13/02	ACTION ALERT: FHA And Ginnie Mae Changes
5/1/02	ACTION ALERT: Terrorism Insurance
5/1/02	Ginnie Mae Implements Streamlined Documentation Requirements

2/5/02	Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 Budget For Housing
1/11/02	President Signs Brownfields Legislation

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