Bid to delay new RESPA rules fails 
Agents, brokers exempted from consumer agency's oversight
By Matt Carter, Thursday, October 22, 2009.
A bill that would create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) has emerged from a key committee vote without an amendment that would have delayed implementation of new loan mortgage disclosure forms and closing procedures scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1 under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA).
In the process of "marking up" and passing HR 3126 in a 39-29 vote, the House Financial Services Committee did sign off on another amendment that would remove much of the CFPA's oversight authority over the title insurance industry and mortgage insurers. The bill also included previous draft language limiting the CFPA's authority over real estate brokers and agents.
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