H.R.3915 - Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007

To amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans, and for other purposes. view all titles (6)

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  • Short: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 as reported to house.
  • Official: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Expand and Preserve Home Ownership Through Counseling Act as passed house.
  • Short: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Expand and Preserve Home Ownership Through Counseling Act as reported to house.

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04/12/08
Addressing the Cause and Effect of the Credit Crisis, Legislating ...

On a positive note, some hints of prudence relative to such processes do appear to be hidden in HR 3915. (ii) Performs each appraisal in conformity with the ...

Source: The Market Oracle, UK
04/03/08
Attempts to stem abusive practices failed

HR 3915, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, was passed by the House on Nov. 15, 2007. The bill is now in the Senate Committee on ...

Source: Sun-Sentinel.com, FL
01/02/08
Nationwide licensing system for mortgage brokers debuts

But lawmakers in the House of Representatives endorsed the idea by incorporating it into HR 3915, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 ...

Source: Inman.com (subscription), CA
01/01/08
The Cult of Plausible Deniability

HR 3915, a bill drafted by the House Committee on Financial Services, exemplified the legislative mentality needed to reform the real estate industry in ...

Source: OpEdNews, PA
12/20/07
Keep feds out of mortgage market

A bill has just passed the House of Representatives, HR 3915, and will be going to the Senate. It will essentially shut down the subprime market completely ...

Source: Chico News & Review, CA
12/18/07
Fed proposes new restrictions on subprime, alt-A loans

15 approved a bill, HR 3915, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, which would limit prepayment penalties, set minimum standards for ...

Source: Inman.com (subscription), CA
12/17/07
House bill may worsen climate for subprime borrowers

As if that is not bad enough, The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory lending Act of 2007 (HR 3915), now winding its way through Congress, would worsen their ...

Source: Mortage 101
12/13/07
Senate Democrats propose new restrictions on mortgage lenders

And while the House bill, HR 3915, would create a national registration system for all mortgage originators requiring background checks, fingerprinting, ...

Source: Inman.com (subscription), CA
12/12/07
MBA loses top lobbyist to title insurers' association

... such as HR 3915, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act, and HR 3609, the Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act. In ...

Source: Inman.com (subscription), CA
12/11/07
NAFCU, Consumer Groups & Congress Strike 'Workable Solution' on ...

The subprime definition is taken from language passed by the House in HR 3915. The committee had postponed earlier mark-ups in part due to the concerns ...

Source: Earthtimes, UK
12/10/07
House bill targeting payments to brokers unenforceable

One of the important objectives of The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 (HR 3915), which passed the House of Representatives Nov. ...

Source: Mortage 101
12/07/07
Democrats Eager to Hone Economic Message

... D-Mass., who has brought forward several bills ( HR 3915 , 1852 and 1427) to try to ease the pain of the subprime mortgage crisis. ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
12/07/07
New mortgage broker guidelines hope to improve credible status

The objective of the bill (HR 3915) is to minimize problems stemming from the current mortgage crisis and protect borrowers from lending abuses that can ...

Source: Bend Weekly, OR
12/04/07
Administration Proposes Freezing Some Subprime Loans at Current Rates

Barney Frank , D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, pushed a broad mortgage bill ( HR 3915 ) through the chamber last month. ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
12/03/07
Payments to brokers don't always involve 'steering'

The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 (HR 3915) is now winding its way through Congress. According to the bill's sponsor, Rep. ...

Source: Mortage 101
12/01/07
Payments to loan brokers don't always involve 'steering'

The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 (HR 3915) is now working its way through Congress. According to the bill's sponsor, Rep. ...

Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
11/30/07
US House of Representatives Passes Flawed, Inadequate Bill to ...

... the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, along with Congressmen Brad Miller (NC) and Mel Watt (NC) introduced legislation (HR 3915) ...

Source: NAACP (press release), MD
11/29/07
A Return to Vanilla

The House of Representatives recently passed HR 3915, the "Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007." The bill is designed to require lenders ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release)
11/27/07
California Tenants Displaced by Foreclosures - Nov 27

Brad Miller (D-NC), Mel Watt (D-NC) and Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced HR 3915, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007. ...

Source: Beyond Chron, CA
11/25/07
It's a return to the good ol' 30-year fixed-rate mortgage

Sure enough, less than a week after mcquiggan delivered his warning, Frank and a pair of fellow Democrats introduced HR 3915, the "Mortgage Reform and ...

Source: Orlando Sentinel, FL
11/21/07
Government's role in making homebuying less stressful

According to The Associated Press, HR 3915 would, in part: • "Ban lenders from making loans that borrowers don't have the ability to repay. ...

Source: Seattle Times, United States
11/20/07
Mortgage Reform and Anti-predatory Lending Act of 2007 HR 3915

Politicians are eager to make sure that they are not the candidate on record who voted against the mortgage reform bill HR 3915. The LA Times, NY Times and ...

Source: American Chronicle, CA
11/19/07
An Open Letter in Opposition to the Mortgage Reform and Anti ...

STUART, FL - The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (HR 3915) was passed in the US House of Representatives by a vote of 291-127. ...

Source: Originator Times
11/18/07
Foreclosures hit home

HR 3915 would require any mortgage lender to verify that the borrower has a "reasonable ability to repay" the loan based on documented income, ...

Source: News-Herald.com, OH
11/17/07
House votes to tie Iraq funds to pullout

15 sent the Senate a bill (HR 3915) to crack down on easy-credit practices that have devastated segments of the US housing market. ...

Source: Greenville Daily Reflector, NC
11/17/07
House mortgage bill offers no relief

If anything like HR 3915 eventually becomes law, mortgage lenders will have to add to their expertise a new set of skills: fortune telling. ...

Source: Rocky Mountain News, CO
11/16/07
MBA: Not Happy About House Bill’s Passage

The controversial house reform bill, HR 3915, passed the US House of Representatives Thursday with a vote of 291-127. Otherwise known as the Mortgage Loan ...

Source: DSNews.com, TX
11/16/07
Coalition of Consumer and Anti-Poverty Groups Opposes Predatory ...

The group is urging lawmakers to defeat HR 3915, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, scheduled for a vote today in the US House of ...

Source: All American Patriots (press release), Sweden
11/16/07
House Passes Mortgage Reform Legislation []

The bill, HR 3915, is titled “The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007.” The purpose of the legislation is to “establish a national ...

Source: RTT News, NY
11/16/07
House bill would toughen lending rules

... the administration said in a statement. The bill, HR 3915, passed 291-127. It now goes to the Senate, where a similar bill has been stalled for weeks.

Source: North County Times, CA

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