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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">5496, attached, is a bill worth monitoring and providing input. The bill’s intent is to prohibit “excessive home buying by certain entities” and would provide
for issuance of injunction for said excessive purchasing. Additionally, it has broad language about civil penalties for “persons” who violate the injunction. WLTA would want to make sure our members are not penalized for providing title and escrow services
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">I don’t think we want to oppose, but we do want to make sure it does not negatively impact our industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">This bill is scheduled for hearing on Feb 5, at 10:30 am in the Housing Committee of the Senate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Craig Trummel</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Regional Underwriter/Washington State Counsel<span style="color:#A39161">
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