S. 2036 would temporarily raise conforming loan limits in high cost areas and portfolio caps applicable to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, it would provide the necessary financing to curb foreclosures by facilitating the refinancing of at-risk subprime borrowers into safe, prime loans, and it would preserve liquidity in the mortgage lending markets.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log in Protecting Access to editSafe Mortgages Act - Amends the wikiFederal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and be the firstFederal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to provide a detailed summaryincrease mortgage portfolio limitations placed upon: (1) the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae); and (2) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), respectively.

Instructs the Director of the bill!)Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to lift: (1) the limitation on growth provision set forth in the Fannie Mae Consent Decree; and (2) the voluntary temporary growth limitation described in a certain Freddie Mac Letter.

Requires 50% of such portfolio increase to be used on loans which have had or will have interest rate resets between June 2005 and December 2009.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 9/10/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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== Points in Favor ==

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