Monthly Archives: November 2016

Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Roundup

November 15, 2016

by Robert Engelke

Now one party will control the legislative and executive branches of the government for at least the next two years. So what does that mean for the financial services industry, given the seismic changes the industry has seen in the … Continue reading →

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The Housing Market Under Trump

November 14, 2016

by David Reiss

TheStreet.com quoted me in Interest Rates Likely to Rise Under Trump, Could Affect Confidence of Homebuyers. It opens, Interest rates should increase gradually during the next four years under a Donald Trump administration, which could dampen growth in the housing industry, … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

by Robert Engelke

A Texas federal judge on Wednesday issued tailored sanctions against American Realty Investors Inc. in a $63 million real estate suit over a deposition for which the company’s vice president was not adequately prepared and company counsel allegedly objected hundreds … Continue reading →

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Surveying Mortgage Originations, Going Forward

November 11, 2016

by David Reiss

REFinBlog has been nominated for the second year in a row for The Expert Institute’s Best Legal Blog Competition in the Education Category.  Please vote here if you like what you read. As I had earlier noted, the Federal Housing Finance Agency … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Government Reports Roundup

by Jamila Moore

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is finding innovative methods to ensure that Public Housing Authorities are obliging to all fair housing, civil rights, and relocation requirements as listed in the Rental Assistance Demonstration. The federal government is spending money … Continue reading →

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Leading The Armed Forces

by David Reiss

Xenophon of Athens was a soldier in a military campaign in Persia over two thousand years ago that he recounted in Anabasis (“An Ascent”), also known as The Persian Expedition. He writes, There is small risk a general will be … Continue reading →

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Home Mis-Inspector

November 10, 2016

by David Reiss

REFinBlog has been nominated for the second year in a row for The Expert Institute’s Best Legal Blog Competition in the Education Category.  Please vote here if you like what you read. Realtor.com quoted me in Yikes! What If Your Home Inspector Missed … Continue reading →

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