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§4514a Study and reports on guarantee fees

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 46— - GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - SUPERVISION AND REGULATION OF ENTERPRISES › Part Part A— - Financial Safety and Soundness Regulator › § 4514a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must run an ongoing study of the fees enterprises charge to guarantee mortgages. The Director must set rules or orders for how those companies must give data, including the format and process. Every year the Director must send Congress a report using the aggregated data for that year about how much fees are and how companies decide them. The report must identify and analyze seven things: the factors used to set fees; total fee revenue; total costs of providing guarantees; the average fee; any change from the prior year; a revenue and cost breakdown by product type and risk class; and a fee breakdown by originator asset size and by number of loans sold or transferred. The Director must not publicly disclose confidential or proprietary information.

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Title 12, §4514a

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(a)The Director shall conduct an ongoing study of fees charged by enterprises for guaranteeing a mortgage.
(b)The Director shall, by regulation or order, establish procedures for the collection of data from enterprises for purposes of this subsection,11 So in original. Probably should be “section”. including the format and the process for collection of such data.
(c)The Director shall annually submit a report to Congress on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), based on the aggregated data collected under subsection (a) for the subject year, regarding the amount of such fees and the criteria used by the enterprises to determine such fees.
(d)The reports required under subsection (c) shall identify and analyze—
(1)the factors considered in determining the amount of the guarantee fees charged;
(2)the total revenue earned by the enterprises from guarantee fees;
(3)the total costs incurred by the enterprises for providing guarantees;
(4)the average guarantee fee charged by the enterprises;
(5)an analysis of any increase or decrease in guarantee fees from the preceding year;
(6)a breakdown of the revenue and costs associated with providing guarantees, based on product type and risk classifications; and
(7)a breakdown of guarantee fees charged based on asset size of the originator and the number of loans sold or transferred to an enterprise.
(e)Nothing in this section may be construed to require or authorize the Director to publicly disclose information that is confidential or proprietary.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008, and also as part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, and not as part of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definitions of terms used in this section, see section 1002(b) of Pub. L. 110–289, set out as a note under section 4511 of this title.

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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 4514a

Title 12Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73