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New York Legislature Passes Bill Banning Rent Minimum Provisions in Real Estate Loan Documents

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On June 13, both houses of New York's legislature passed a bill, S1163, that prohibits "rent minimums" in real estate secured loan documents....more

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Georgia Amends Intangible Recording Tax Statute and Expands Loans Exempt from Tax

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On May 9, Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 586, revising the definition of “long-term note[s] secured by real estate” that are subject to the intangible recording tax. Under current law, long-term notes are considered...more

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Georgia On (Regulators’) Mind: Significant Changes Coming to Georgia Residential Mortgage Act

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On May 14, 2025, Governor Brian Kemp signed Georgia House Bill 15 into law. House Bill 15, which will take effect on July 1, 2025, will implement several major changes to Georgia’s residential mortgage licensing law, the...more

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Maryland Enacts Law Exempting Passive Trusts from Mortgage and Installment Loan Licensing Requirements

In January 2025, the Maryland Office of Financial Regulation (the “OFR”) issued a guidance stating that assignees of residential mortgage loans, including certain passive trusts, were required to hold a Maryland mortgage...more

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Potential Improvements for CRA (Part 4b of 4)

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In the first 3 articles in this series (1, 2, 3), we identified fatal flaws in the 2023 CRA rule. In Parts 4a – 4c we propose the regulators consider potential improvements to the rule when they publish the Notice of Proposed...more

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Update on Maryland Mortgage Licensing Guidance: Governor Moore Signs Law Exempting Passive Trusts

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Shortly after Mayer Brown published an update on legislation introduced to exempt passive trusts and other assignees of certain Maryland loans from licensing, Governor Wes Moore signed the legislation into law. The Maryland...more

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Governor Moore Signs Legislation Exempting ‘Passive Trusts’ from Licensure in Maryland

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Our Financial Services Group reviews the Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act, which overrides the Office of Financial Regulation’s requirement that passive trusts holding Maryland loans in residential mortgage-backed...more

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Governor Moore Signs Legislation Exempting “Passive Trusts” from Licensure in Maryland

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In a highly anticipated and welcome development, on April 22, 2025, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed into law the Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act of 2025 (emergency measures HB 1516 and its companion SB 1026) with...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

North Dakota expands its financial data security framework, includes alternative financing providers to obtain money broker...

On April 11, North Dakota enacted HB 1127 (the “Act”), amending the regulatory framework for financial institutions within the state by establishing a new chapter focused on data security programs. The Act amends various...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Veterans Affairs Ending Mortgage Rescue Program

On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it will end the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program on May 1, 2025. This decision comes just shy of one year since the program’s...more

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Former Senator: Bankers Can’t Be Passive About Proposed CRA Rule Rollback

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Yesterday, as I was writing this article the news broke about the regulators deciding they intend to rescind the 2023 CRA rule. My first reaction was to toss this article in the “trash” folder. But upon further reflection I...more

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