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S 3520 112th Congress Senate 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: August 2, 2012 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Aug 2, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Aug 2, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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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 August 2, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2909 Related bill Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012
  • HR 6467 Identical bill Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Sep 12, 2012
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 11, 2012
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Aug 2, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3520: Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3520/
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"S. 3520: Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3520/.
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S. 3520, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3520/.
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