Advocacy

HMDA Compliance

By |2021-06-22T21:32:32-05:00June 18th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured|0 Comments

Many private lenders consider HMDA compliance and reporting to be a substantial burden. Dealing with needless government regulation and reporting is high on the list of frustrations small business owners face. The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (Reg C), also known as HMDA, is one example in the private lending industry. It requires private lenders to [...]

By |2021-06-22T21:32:32-05:00June 18th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured|0 Comments

Proposed Licensing Legislation Could Impact the NY Housing Market

By |2021-04-28T18:47:37-05:00April 28th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured|0 Comments

Current home flippers infuse the housing market with quality, affordable inventory. Proposed legislation in New York could make it harder for real estate investors to finance real estate renovation projects, which could further limit the supply of affordable housing inventory in the state, according to an analysis of home flipping data from the last two [...]

By |2021-04-28T18:47:37-05:00April 28th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured|0 Comments

COVID-19: A LITMUS TEST OF PRIVATE LENDERS’ SELF-REGULATION CAPABILITY

By |2021-08-23T16:50:00-05:00April 27th, 2021|Advocacy, Ethics, Featured|0 Comments

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 [...]

By |2021-08-23T16:50:00-05:00April 27th, 2021|Advocacy, Ethics, Featured|0 Comments

Business-Purpose Loans Should Be Exempt from Relief Measures

By |2021-03-29T15:46:09-05:00March 29th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured|0 Comments

AAPL opposes foreclosure moratoriums and mandatory forbearance on business-purpose loans. COVID-19 has created some of the most far-reaching impacts our industry has seen. It is no surprise then that governments at all levels took some measure of direct action to guard against one immediate negative consequence of that health crisis: skyrocketing unemployment. A consequence of [...]

By |2021-03-29T15:46:09-05:00March 29th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured|0 Comments

Business-Purpose Loans Should Not Be Subject to Mortgage Lender Licensing

By |2021-03-15T16:05:02-05:00March 15th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured|0 Comments

AAPL advocates for national business-purpose loan exemption from mortgage licensing. Generally, private lenders in states that require a mortgage lender license to make a business-purpose loan are already licensed, and those in states that do not require a license are not licensed. What is probably more surprising is that private lenders who make loans in [...]

By |2021-03-15T16:05:02-05:00March 15th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured|0 Comments

The CFPB Answers to the President Now

By |2021-02-15T18:35:53-06:00February 15th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured, Legal|0 Comments

What does this mean under a Biden presidency? This is a follow-up to “The Future of the CFPB Is at Stake,” published in the Q2 2020 issue of Private Lender. On June 29, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its highly anticipated decision in Seila Law vs. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [...]

By |2021-02-15T18:35:53-06:00February 15th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured, Legal|0 Comments

AAPL Opposes New York’s Bill to Require Licensing to Transact Any Commercial Financial Product

By |2022-03-21T14:57:42-05:00January 25th, 2021|Advocacy|0 Comments

NY A1420/S1061 Threatens to Require Licensing for Commercial (Business Purpose) Loans And Other Transactions UPDATE 3/17/2022 3:40PM CT: We received an alert that this bill has been amended as of March 17, 2022 and recommitted to the Banks Committee after inactivity all of 2021. At this time, the only material change to the bill is [...]

By |2022-03-21T14:57:42-05:00January 25th, 2021|Advocacy|0 Comments

What Is the Biggest Legislative Challenge Facing the Private Lending Industry?

By |2020-12-11T15:14:08-06:00December 11th, 2020|Advocacy|0 Comments

This year, AAPL’s Government Relations Committee (GRC) has tackled a wide range of issues on behalf of the private lending community. In New York, Senate Bill S3060E sought to increase the transfer tax on fix-and-flip residential property by 15% to 20%. The bill saw no movement this year, although it is unclear if it was [...]

By |2020-12-11T15:14:08-06:00December 11th, 2020|Advocacy|0 Comments

California’s Tenant, Homeowner, and Small Landlord Relief and Stabilization Act of 2020 Becomes Law

By |2020-12-11T14:54:40-06:00December 11th, 2020|Advocacy|0 Comments

Here’s what lenders need to know about how it protects tenants and landlords. On Aug. 31, 2020, AB 3088, known as the Tenant, Homeowner, and Small Landlord Relief and Stabilization Act of 2020, was signed into law. The law went into effect immediately. AB 3088 is an omnibus bill that incorporates many smaller tenant and [...]

By |2020-12-11T14:54:40-06:00December 11th, 2020|Advocacy|0 Comments

How elections affect real estate investors – and what you can do about it

By |2021-06-08T14:06:16-05:00November 19th, 2020|Advocacy, Featured|0 Comments

Whether the results of the presidential election have left you elated or disappointed, it’s a good reminder that as a real estate investor, you have far more important things to focus on. Don’t let the election noise distract you from seizing the opportunities that are happening now. For example, many parts of the country are [...]

By |2021-06-08T14:06:16-05:00November 19th, 2020|Advocacy, Featured|0 Comments

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