Monthly Archives: March 2015
Housing Affordability Across The Globe
March 11, 2015
by David Reiss
The 11th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2015 has been released. The survey provides ratings for metropolitan markets in Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S. There are some interesting global trends: Historically, … Continue reading
Read MoreWednesday’s Academic Roundup
by Shea Cunningham
Countercyclical Regulation and Its Challenges, by Patricia A. McCoy, Boston College Law School Legal Research Paper No. 351. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Developments and Neighborhood Property Conditions, Kelly D. Edmiston, February 20, 2015. First Principles for Regulating the Sharing Economy, … Continue reading
Read MoreCountercyclical Regulation of Housing Finance
March 10, 2015
by David Reiss
Pat McCoy has posted Countercyclical Regulation and Its Challenges to SSRN. The abstract reads, Following the 2008 financial crisis, countercyclical regulation emerged as one of the most promising breakthroughs in years to halting destructive cycles of booms and busts. This … Continue reading
Read MoreTuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Round-Up
by Serenna McCloud
House Introduced this Bill, H.R. 1266, to Create Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Commission
Read MoreHow Housing Matters
March 9, 2015
by David Reiss
The Urban Law Institute, with support from the MacArthur Foundation, has launched a web portal devoted to housing, How Housing Matters. According to the website, the Foundation selected the Urban Land Institute Terwilliger Center for Housing to create and curate … Continue reading
Read MoreMonday’s Adjudication Roundup
by Shea Cunningham
Shareholders of Deutsche Bank petitioned for cert to the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the standard for a claim for pleading a fraudulent claim under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 following the Second Circuit tossing their suit … Continue reading
Read MoreThe Community Reinvestment Act: Guilty of What?
March 6, 2015
by David Reiss
Ray Brescia recently posted the final version of The Community Reinvestment Act: Guilty, but not as Charged to SSRN. The article wades into a seemingly technical debate that has extraordinary political and ideological implications: did misguided liberal policies push financial … Continue reading
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