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HR 1335 113th Congress House Housing and Community Development Government information and archives Housing finance and home ownership

Short Sale Transparency Act of 2013

Introduced: March 21, 2013 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 21, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Mar 21, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Short Sale Transparency Act of 2013 - Directs the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to require the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), in any case in which one or the other denies the purchase of a residential mortgage loan made to finance the purchase, under a short sale, of a covered dwelling on the basis that the purchase price involved is insufficient, to disclose promptly to the prospective seller the amount by which the purchase price was less than the minimum purchase price sufficient for approval of the purchase of such mortgage.

What's happening now March 21, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 9, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1335: Short Sale Transparency Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1335/
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"H.R. 1335: Short Sale Transparency Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1335/.
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H.R. 1335, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1335/.
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