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The proposed amendments change the risk weights for mortgages and servicing rights and would have a damaging impact on the mortgage lending markets, especially for first-time buyers, low- and middle-income borrowers, and minority communities.
There are concerns that application of this rule may lead to the misclassification of real estate professionals as employees. Learn more.
The Access Rule provides law enforcement, national security agencies, and other related federal agencies with access to beneficial ownership data.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed to rescind the 2018 Association Health Plans (AHP) final regulations, which would have allowed real estate professionals and other small businesses to participate in an AHP.
Sustainable water resources are critical to healthy real estate markets and NAR offered these comments to help ensure these water supplies remain viable over the long-term.
The amended final rule provides newly formed entities 90 days instead of 30 days to file initial beneficial ownership information reports.
The proposed extension would allow newly formed reporting companies additional time to understand the beneficial ownership rule, and the reporting obligations under the rule.
NAR filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court of the United States in two different cases in support of property owners facing unconstitutional violations of the Takings Clause under the Fifth Amendment.
In the report, which includes the performance of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund, FHA outlines their successes providing access to mortgage credit in a difficult marketplace.
Check out NAR's two new member resources, which present the current range of health care coverage options available to real estate professionals.
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