HR 3211 · 113th Congress · Housing and Community Development
Mortgage Choice Act of 2013
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate.(2014-06-10)
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Mortgage Choice Act of 2013 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act with respect to requirements for disclosure to a consumer of points and fees information about a consumer credit transaction, secured by the consumer's principal dwelling, but which is not a residential mortgage transaction, a reverse mortgage transaction, or a transaction under an open end credit plan, when the total points and fees the consumer must pay at or before closing will exceed 8% of the total loan amount or $400, whichever is greater. (Such consumer credit transactions might include an equity credit line to which consumer purchases or leases may be charged.) Excludes from the computation of such points and fees any escrow for future payment of insurance. Modifies the criteria for exclusion from the computation of points and fees of certain reasonable charges elsewhere exempted from the computation of the finance charge in extensions of credit secured by an interest in real property. Excludes from points and fees any such reasonable charges even though a creditor receives compensation, but only in so far as the creditor or its affiliate retains the compensation as a result of their participation in an affiliate…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 3211, Mortgage Choice Act of 2013
Jun 6, 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 5, 2014
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Cosponsors (20)
6 Democrats14 Republicans