Issue Summaries
Business
- Immigration Issues and Visa Reform
- Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
- RESPA-CFPB
- RESPA/TILA Harmonization
- Regulatory Reform
- Small Business Administration Programs
- Visa - Investors
- Visa - Seasonal Workers
- Visa -Tourism and Retirement
- Worker Classification (independent contractor v. employee)
Commercial
- 179-D Energy Commercial Building Tax Provision
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Lawsuit Reform
- Basel Capital Standards for Banks and Thrifts
- Crowdfunding
- Drones
- Lease Accounting
- Commercial Real Estate Lending
- State-Legalized Cannabis Businesses
Conventional Residential Lending
- Community Reinvestment Act
- Credit Policy
- Credit Scoring
- Financial Regulatory Reform
- Government-Sponsored Enterprises
- Government-Sponsored Enterprises Guarantee Fees (G-fees)
- Mortgage Loan Limits
- Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing
- Qualified Mortgage (QM)/Ability to Repay
- Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM)/Risk Retention
- Short Sales
- Student Loan Debt
Environment
- Clean Water Act
- Climate Change
- Eminent Domain
- Endangered Species Act
- Home Performance
- Lead Paint
- Private Property Rights
- Transfer of Public Lands
- Wildfires
Fair Housing
- Disparate Impact
- Housing Choice Vouchers (formerly Section 8) and SOI
- Fair Housing Protections Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Federal Tax
- Capital Gains
- Capital Gains -- Carried Interests
- Capital Gains Exclusion on Sale of Principal Residence
- Depreciation of Real Property
- Estate Tax Reform
- Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA)
- Independent Contractor
- Internet Sales Tax Fairness
- Mortgage Debt Cancellation Relief
- Mortgage Interest Deduction
- Qualified Opportunity Zones
- Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchange
- Section 199A Qualified Business Income Deduction
- State and Local Tax Deductions
Housing
- Counseling and Incentives
- FHA Condo Financing
- FHA Lifetime Mortgage Insurance Premiums
- FHA Programs (Federal Housing Administration)
- Multifamily Housing Development & Insurance
- Rural Housing Programs
- VA (Veterans Administration) Housing
Insurance
- Health Insurance Reform
- National Flood Insurance Program
- Natural Disaster Policy
- Pandemic Insurance
- Private Flood Insurance Options
- Terrorism Insurance
State and Local Issues
- Local Short-Term Rental Ordinances
- Real Estate Transfer Tax
- Rent Control
- Sales Tax on Services
- Transportation
- Water Infrastructures
Technologies
- Broadband Access
- Copyright/Trademark
- Data Privacy and Security
- Electronic Signatures and Authorizations
- Net Neutrality
Valuation
- Valuation Issues Update