Legislative/Regulatory Issues

NAR advocates policy initiatives to create a sound and dynamic U.S. real estate market that fosters vibrant communities in which to live and work.

Follow these links for background, status, NAR's positions on the issues, and explanations of how they affect REALTORS®, home buyers, and private property owners.


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Affordable Housing Preservation -- Exit Tax
Affordable Housing Tax Credit
Affordable Housing Trust Fund
Alternative Minimum Tax
Appraisal - IRS
Appraisal FHA & VA
Appraisal Management Companies
Appraisal Mortgage Fraud
Bankruptcy
Banks in Real Estate
Basel Capital Standards for Banks and Thrifts
Broadband Access
Brownfields (Tax Deduction)
Cancellation of Indebtedness
Capital Gains -- Carried Interests
Capital Gains Exclusion on Sale of Principal Residence
Capital Gains
Clean Water Act
Climate Change
Commercial Real Estate Lending
Comptroller of the Currency Rulings Expanding Bank Powers
Data Security
Database Protection
Depreciation -- General
Depreciation -- Tenant Improvements
Downpayment Assistance
Electronic Signatures and Authorizations
Eminent Domain
Estate Tax Reform
Fair Housing Act
FCC Do Not Fax Rule
FHA Loan Limits
FHA Low/No Downpayment
FHA Programs (Federal Housing Administration)
Forced Access
Government-Sponsored Enterprises Reform
Government-Sponsored Enterprises
GSE Affordable Housing Goals
Health Insurance Reform
Home Buyer Tax Credit
Home Valuation Code of Conduct
Housing Issues Update
HUD Community Development/Economic Revitalization
Immigration
Industrial Loan Companies
Insurance-Surplus Lines
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Internet Privacy
Internet Tax Moratorium
Lead Paint
Like-Kind Exchange
Manufactured Housing
Mark-to-Market
Methamphetamine Clean Up
Mortgage Interest Deduction
Mortgage Loan Limits
Mortgage Reform
Multifamily Housing Development & Insurance
National Flood Insurance Program
Natural Disaster Policy
Net Neutrality
Private Property Rights
Private Transfer Fees
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMIC)
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)
Real Estate Transfer Tax
Retirement Visa
Rural Housing Programs
Section 8 Voucher Reform
Short Sales
Small Business Administration Programs
State Insurance Consulting Program
Tax Reform
Telemarketing/Cold-calling
Tenants in Common
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility
Terrorism Insurance
Tort Reform - Class Action
Transportation
Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail
VA (Veterans Administration) Housing
Wireless 411 Directory




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