WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Settlement costs

H.R. 5830, The FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $26.56

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5830 would create a voluntary FHA program that provides mortgage refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market....

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H.R. 4539, The Department of Veterans Affairs Loan Guaranty Cost Reduction Act of 2007

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4539 would amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the housing loan benefit program of the Department of Veterans Affairs....

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S. 2452, The Home Ownership Preservation and Protection Act of 2007

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2452 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide protection to consumers with respect to certain high-cost loans....

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S. 2343, The Real Estate Transparency Act of 2007

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2343 would amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act to require mortgage originators to make their fees more transparent....

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H.R. 3725, The Mortgage Disclosure Simplification Act of 2007

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3725 would amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to require the submission to each borrower under a federally related mortgage loan of a one-page description of the essential terms of the loan....

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H.R. 3012, The Fair Mortgage Practices Act of 2007

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3012 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide for the establishment of fair mortgage practices, generally, and for subprime mortgages in particular, and it would provide for a national system for licensing or registering residential mortgage loan originators....

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H.R. 3019, The Expand and Preserve Home Ownership Through Counseling Act

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3019 would establish an Office of Housing Counseling to carry out and coordinate the responsibilities of the Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding counseling on homeownership and rental housing issues, it would make grants to entities for providing such counseling, and it would launch a national housing counseling advertising campaign....

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H.R. 1852, The Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $38.29

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1852 would modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the Federal Housing Administration to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers....

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