118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2296Middle Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023

A bill to cancel recent changes made by the Federal Housing Finance Agency to the up-front loan level pricing adjustments charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for guarantee of single-family mortgages, and for other purposes.

Finance and financial sector
Introduced Jul 13, 2023
Last action Jul 13, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jul 13, 2023
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Referred
Jul 13, 2023
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill rolls back changes made by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to the fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for a conventional single-family mortgage (i.e., loan-level pricing adjustments) and restricts future fee adjustments. These changes, effective May 1, 2023, revised the fee charts that provide percentage adjustments based on a mortgagor's credit score and down payment. The bill reinstates the fee structure that was in place prior to May 1, 2023. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must report on the changes made by the FHFA. Further adjustments to the fee structure by FHFA are prohibited until 90 days after the publication of the GAO report. After this pe...

Provisions · 6 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Jul 13, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jul 13, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.