The House recently passed a bill that would
eliminate loan caps for VA loans, and now it's the Senate's turn to act.
Not exact matches
In addition to
capping the interest rate, Nelson's legislation would also
eliminate the «
loan origination fees» that students are charged to process their student
loans.
NDP: Update the Consumer Protection Act to
cap ATM fees at a maximum of 50 cents per withdrawal; ensure all Canadians have reasonable access to a no - frills credit card with an interest rate no more than 5 % over prime;
eliminate «pay - to - pay» by banks in which financial institutions charge their customers a fee for making payments on their mortgages, credit cards, or other
loans; take action against abusive payday lenders; lower the fees that workers in Canada are forced to pay when sending money to their families abroad; direct the CRTC to crack down on excessive mobile roaming charges; create a Gasoline Ombudsperson to investigate complaints about practices in the gasoline market.
S. 2228 — Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act [Sen. Mike Lee (R - UT)-RSB- would allow states to establish an alternative accreditation system, reduce the myriad student
loan programs into one, create one repayment period for undergraduate
loans and another for graduate
loans,
cap borrowing amounts,
eliminate student
loan forgiveness, and fine schools with poor student
loan repayment rates.
The Obama administration has already suggested a very limited set of reforms for PSLF,
capping loan forgiveness at $ 57,500 for all students (the maximum that an independent undergraduate can borrow in federal
loans) and
eliminating the non-Income-Based-Repayment
cap.
This bill proposed a
cap on graduate student
loans at $ 28,500, terminated time - based
loan forgiveness, and
eliminated the PSLF program.
As always, we urge you to take action to preserve Public Service
Loan Forgiveness before Congress moves forward with
capping or
eliminating this vital program for public service workers.
Last week the House of Representatives passed legislation which included a provision to
eliminate the
cap on VA
loan limits.
Previous versions of the bill (which NAR opposed) also included increases to the downpayment requirement,
eliminated the
loan limit floor, and
eliminated the
cap on premium increases.
Provisions in the bill that limit the deductibility of interest on new mortgage
loans to $ 500,000,
cap property tax deductibility at $ 10,000 for those who can still itemize,
eliminate the deduction altogether for second homes, and restrict the utility of the exclusion of gain on the sale of a home would exacerbate the effect.
MAR is happy to report that last week, the Unites States House of Representatives passed legislation that included a provision to
eliminate the
cap on VA
loan limits.
The bipartisan Simpson - Bowles Commission advanced a proposal to
cap qualifying mortgages at $ 500,000, give homeowners a 12 percent tax credit and
eliminate the deduction for second homes and home equity
loans.
In addition, at NAR's urging, lawmakers passed private market flood insurance legislation and voted to
eliminate the
cap on VA
loan limits.