The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launched an open comment period now through January 21 seeking input to assess the effectiveness of HMDA, focusing on: Institutional coverage and transactional coverage; Data points; Benefits of the new data and disclosure requirements; and Operational and compliance costs. This is your chance to help decrease the burden of HMDA [...]
The association releases first private lending benchmark survey results. Although private lenders originate billions in loans annually, there is a lack of quantifiable data to support this aggressively expanding industry. From the outside, it makes private lending look smaller and less instrumental to the loan origination industry than it is. Internally, it means originators, fund [...]
The private lending industry of today can trace its near-exponential growth over the past decade back to government regulation. Regulation of parallel industries, that is. Strictures that have reined in traditional institutional lending practices have largely benefited private lenders, spurring borrowers to come knocking at the door. Private lenders have, for the most part, operated [...]
As the oldest and largest association representing the private and peer-to-peer lending industry, we regularly receive requests from lenders, researchers, and legislators about everything from the size and scope of the industry all the way down to the minutiae of origination fees and average loan terms. While this data is readily available for the conventional [...]
AAPL can help you identify scammers and offers important tips for curtailing their activity. “Hello, you’ve reached the American Association of Private Lenders. How can I help you?” “Hi, I don’t know if I’m calling the right place, but I found you online and was wondering if you could help me. I wanted to check [...]
Kansas City, Missouri - March 2, 2020 – The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) and Think Realty announced their second annual Day on the Hill, during which they will meet with the offices of senators and house representatives on the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the United States [...]
Kansas City, Missouri - January 16, 2020 – The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) and Wall Street housing research firm, Zelman & Associates, are partnering to launch the private lending industry’s first and only benchmark data survey. The quarterly survey – which opens for responses in April – will gather key data on [...]
Strategies for breaking down barriers that stifle projects, progress and profits. Whether you’re the Big Kahuna or middle management, you wake up every morning knowing the buck stops with you at the crossroad of Leadership and Management in your own little metropolis of Boss Town. At times, this puts you in the uncomfortable position of [...]
You have a voice, but are you using it? Private lenders are in a tough spot after years of intentionally flying under legislators’ radars. Many private lenders have said they feel their business exists due to regulatory loopholes that could at any moment be found and closed. There is underlying concern that your anonymity allows [...]
If passed, New York State SB S3060E will impose a 15-20% conveyance tax on 1-5 separate residential property units located in certain areas of New York City, if transferred within two years of the prior transfer of such property. Sign our opposition petition The bill’s stated purpose is to deter property speculation and flipping in [...]
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Nominations are open until August 30, 2026, with voting from September 7-30, 2026. We’ll announce recipients at our Annual Conference.
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