Media and News

THE CMLA Past Chair, current Board Member and President of Republic State Mortgage Company Paulina McGrath testified before the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

• CMLA again calls for FHA premium reductions (7/22/2022)
• CMLA says FHA premiums must be cut today. (11/18/2021)
• CMLA statement on Sept 14 announced changes to the PSPAs affecting Fannie and Freddie (9/15/2021)
• Letter Voices Concerns About Various Product and Program Constraints Contained in Recent FHFA Treasury Amendments (5/11/2021)
• CMLA Collaborates With Other Trades On Letter Regarding QM Definition (2/11/2020)
• THE CMLA APPLAUDS THE CFPB FOR PLAN TO EXTEND QM PATCH (1/21/2020)
• Michael Jones Selected As New CMLA Chair (1/8/2020)
• CMLA Joins ICBA, CHLA, and LBA In Letter To FHFA Regarding GSE Capital Rule (12/19/2019)
• The Community Mortgage Lenders of America’s Statement on FSOC’s 2019 Annual Report (12/9/2019)
• MAIN STREET GSE REFORM COALITION COMMON GSE REFORM PRINCIPLES (10/22/2019)
• The CMLA Calls on US Senate to Protect Veterans Buying Homes From Becoming De Facto Congressional Piggy Banks. (9/24/2019)
• The CMLA says Congress has gone too far in taxing younger veterans, active-duty personnel for VA home mortgages (9/3/2019)
• CMLA Members Meet With CFPB Director Kraninger (8/16/2019)
• The CMLA Joins ALTA To Stop Real Estate Wire Fraud (6/28/2019)
• THE Community Mortgage Lenders of America Again Calls Out The Urban Institute For Corporate-Backed Lobbying (6/12/2019)
• The CMLA writes letter to Chairwoman Waters and Ranking Member McHenry regarding Committee on Financial Services Hearing “Housing In America: Assessing the Infrastructure Needs Of America’s Housing Stock” (5/3/2019)
• The CMLA Loan Officer Compensation National Call To Action (5/1/2019)
• The CMLA’s Written Senate Testimony Concerning The Future Of The US Secondary Market (3/26/2019)
• THE CMLA Meets With The CFPB On Loan Officer Compensation Rule and Risk-Based Oversight (3/14/2019)
• THE CMLA Meets With The Treasury To Discuss GSE Reform (3/14/2019)
• The CMLA Writes Letter In Support Of Mark Calabria As Director Of FHFA (2/28/2019)
• The Community Mortgage Lenders of America (THE CMLA) Writes to U.S. Senate Committee on Veteran’s Affairs Regarding Concerns With Blue Water Navy Veterans Act (2/26/2019)
• The Community Mortgage Lenders of America Reiterates Its Long-Standing Position Regarding GSE Reform (2/14/2019)
• THE CMLA Supports The Nomination of Seth D. Appleton for Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the Department Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (12/14/2018)
• THE CMLA Applauds Senate Confirmation of Kathy Kraninger (12/6/2018)
• The Community Mortgage Lenders of America (CMLA) supports the nomination of Michael Bright as President of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) (11/27/2018)
• THE CMLA Submits Comments On The Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security Proposed Rule. (11/15/2018)
• THE CMLA Issues Letter In Support Of The Self-Employment Mortgage Access Act (11/14/2018)
• THE CMLA Issues Letter On Loan Officer Compensation (11/14/2018)
• THE CMLA Joins Coalition Support For Kathleen Kraninger As Next Director Of The BCFP (11/14/2018)
• THE COMMUNITY MORTGAGE LENDERS OF AMERICA ASKS THE SENATE TO CONSIDER CAREFULLY HOW TO FIX TRANSITIONAL ISSUES FOR VA IRRRL PROGRAM (10/11/2018)
• THE CMLA ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF MARLA GUILLAUME TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (10/9/2018)
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish regulations to implement the 20 percent deduction for Qualified Business Income (10/1/2018)
• Loan Origination Compensation Rule – Joint Trades Letter (9/27/2018)
• Give Useful Information to Define Effective Compliance Act (9/18/2018)
• AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS A DEFINING MOMENT FOR HOUSING FINANCE: THE NEED TO PRESERVE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY (9/5/2018)
• INDUSTRY VETERAN MATTHEW CLARKE ELECTED TO THE COMMUNITY MORTGAGE LENDERS OF AMERICA BOARD (8/21/2018)
• Advocacy In Action (7/16/2018)
• THE CMLA Support for S. 2490, the TRID Improvement Act of 2018 (7/12/2018)
• Guidance and Implementation Support, Docket No. CFPB-2018-0013 (7/6/2018)
• Inherited Regulations and Inherited Rulemaking Authorities. Docket No. CFPB-2018-0012 (7/6/2018)
• Request For Information On Adopted Regulations and New Rulemaking Authorities Dockett No. CFPB-2018-0011 (7/6/2018)
• Joint Letter to FHFA Director Mel Watt from the CMLA and Eight Other Organizations (6/18/2018)
• CMLA Urges CFPB to Put Dodd-Frank Law Into Practice on Risk-Based Supervision of Community Lenders (5/21/2018)
• Independent Mortgage Bankers (IMBs) Urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Streamline the Regulation of Smaller IMBs (5/21/2018)
• THE CMLA Board Announces Hiring of New Executive Director to Lead Trade Group of Community Lenders (4/30/2018)
• Statement by CMLA Executive Director (Acting) Rob Zimmer on recent Brookings/NY Fed paper on non-banks and the mortgage marketplace today: (3/13/2018)
• CMLA and CHLA Join in Calling for Tiered Regulation of Main Street Lenders Doing Plain Vanilla Mortgages (2/14/2018)
• CMLA Statement on GSE Capital Buffer (12/21/2017)
• CMLA Names Rob Zimmer Acting Executive Director (12/7/2017)