Advocacy

Barney Frank to Speak at Largest Private Lending Conference

By |2021-06-08T12:34:29-05:00November 14th, 2018|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

American Association of Private Lenders to host former congressman as keynote speaker The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) announced former U.S. Congressman Barney Frank will be the keynote speaker during their 2018 Annual Conference State of the Association, Nov. 4 at Caesars Palace. Frank will address the current issues and trends impacting the rollback [...]

By |2021-06-08T12:34:29-05:00November 14th, 2018|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

Florida Passes Common Sense Regulation

By |2021-06-08T13:25:24-05:00August 15th, 2018|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

Florida Removed Licensing Requirement for Private Lenders On March 21, 2018, Governor Rick Scott signed Florida House Bill 935 (“HB 935”) into law. Those who have been tracking this bill will know that the original legislation required a mortgage lender license for any lender making a loan secured by a 1-4 family residential property (“Dwelling”), [...]

By |2021-06-08T13:25:24-05:00August 15th, 2018|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

The 2018 Omnibus Bill

By |2018-08-07T02:37:39-05:00May 29th, 2018|Advocacy|0 Comments

What $1.3 trillion of federal spending can mean for you While the president's budget blueprint from last year proposed dramatic cuts in discretionary spending, the March 2018 omnibus budget signed into law was remarkable both for its high price tag and for continuing many status quo priorities set by the Obama administration. The massive $1.3 [...]

By |2018-08-07T02:37:39-05:00May 29th, 2018|Advocacy|0 Comments

Fair Housing and Fair Lending Protections in 2018

By |2021-08-20T19:27:28-05:00April 11th, 2018|Advocacy, Discrimination, Ethics, Legal|0 Comments

The Quiet Battle over Obama-Era Regulations If you think you missed some knock down, drag out battle over the nation’s Fair Housing and Fair Lending protections over the last year, you would be wrong. There certainly has been some knocking down of regulations since last summer, but, in contrast to the splashy headlines around the [...]

By |2021-08-20T19:27:28-05:00April 11th, 2018|Advocacy, Discrimination, Ethics, Legal|0 Comments

The New HMDA Changes Apply to Business Purpose Loans

By |2018-08-07T02:37:58-05:00March 21st, 2018|Advocacy|0 Comments

Congress enacted the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (“HMDA”) in 1975 to ensure fair lending practices are followed by banks and lending institutions. HMDA requires certain lenders to collect, record, report, and disclose information about their mortgage lending activities. Why does it matter this year? It now applies to business purpose loans. Under the new HMDA [...]

By |2018-08-07T02:37:58-05:00March 21st, 2018|Advocacy|0 Comments

John Warren, founder of Lima One Capital, announced he is running for SC governor

By |2018-08-07T02:38:11-05:00February 12th, 2018|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

Describing himself as the best-qualified candidate to solve the state's problems, Greenville businessman John Warren announced February 12, 2018, that he is jumping into the Republican race for governor. Warren, a 38-year-old Marine veteran, is seeking elected office for the first time. “I am businessman, a conservative and a Marine," Warren said during an interview at [...]

By |2018-08-07T02:38:11-05:00February 12th, 2018|Advocacy, News|0 Comments

Florida Attempting to Regulate Private Lending

By |2021-06-08T13:51:19-05:00February 2nd, 2018|Advocacy, News|1 Comment

What You Need to Know and What you can do In 2008, the United States Congress passed the Safe and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act (SAFE Act), which required all state regulators to regulate mortgage loan originators who originated consumer loans secured by 1-4 unit residential properties (“Dwelling”). The states were empowered to legislate [...]

By |2021-06-08T13:51:19-05:00February 2nd, 2018|Advocacy, News|1 Comment

Understanding the New Tax Laws

By |2018-08-07T02:38:14-05:00January 31st, 2018|Advocacy|0 Comments

How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act impact private lending and construction. President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) on Dec. 22, 2017, ushering in major changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, effective Jan. 1, 2018.These changes should have a significant positive impact on the private lending and [...]

By |2018-08-07T02:38:14-05:00January 31st, 2018|Advocacy|0 Comments

Securities and Exchange Commission Moving Forward on Standard Fiduciary Rule

By |2018-08-07T02:38:23-05:00November 15th, 2017|Advocacy, Market|0 Comments

Harmonizing their rule with DOL is a priority. After Republican lawmakers pushed hard for a postponement of implementation, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a delay to the applicability of certain fiduciary rule conditions until July 1, 2019, namely, the Best Interest Contract exemption, Principal Transactions exemption and PTE 84-24 (insurance and annuities). The [...]

By |2018-08-07T02:38:23-05:00November 15th, 2017|Advocacy, Market|0 Comments

Tax Reform or Tax Cuts?

By |2018-08-07T02:38:32-05:00October 4th, 2017|Advocacy, Editorial|0 Comments

The Trump Administration and the Republican Congressional leadership spent the last several months preparing to tackle legislation for corporate and personal income tax reform. As the 115th Congress sets out to take up this issue during the fall term, the operative questions are whether reform will actually materialize and, if it does, how extensive will [...]

By |2018-08-07T02:38:32-05:00October 4th, 2017|Advocacy, Editorial|0 Comments

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