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HR 6467 112th Congress House Housing and Community Development Consumer credit Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Housing finance and home ownership Legal fees and court costs

Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012

Introduced: September 20, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Oct 23, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Sep 20, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sep 20, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012 - Requires the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government sponsored enterprises or GSEs) each to establish a voluntary program for eligible borrowers who qualify for the Home Affordable Refinance Program carried out by the GSEs, under which the GSEs shall pay up to $1,000 of the closing costs associated with applying for and receiving refinancing when the borrower agrees to refinance a 30-year mortgage loan into a fully amortizing loan with a term of not longer than 20 years. Requires the subject property to have a loan-to-value ratio of not less than 105%.

What's happening now October 23, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2909 Related bill Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012
  • S 3520 Identical bill Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Sep 21, 2012
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Sep 20, 2012
Miller, Brad
· Sep 20, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6467: Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6467/
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"H.R. 6467: Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6467/.
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H.R. 6467, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6467/.
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