July 10, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports
Federal Housing Finance Agency released its annual Guarantee Fee Report, which tracks the upward trend in single family guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 requires FHFA to submit a … Continue reading
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July 9, 2015
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up
Corelogic’s Home Price Index for May 2015, reports that home prices are up 6.3% compared to May of 2014 and with Mortgage rates at around 4% – leading to increased demand – areas with high demand and low supply, such as … Continue reading
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July 8, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Airbnb and the Housing Segment of the Modern ‘Sharing Economy’: Are Short-Term Rental Restrictions an Unconstitutional Taking?, Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Vol. 42, 2015. The Use of Tenant Screening Reports and Tenant Blacklisting, Gerald Lebovits & Jen M. … Continue reading
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July 6, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
Quicken Loans Inc. argues that its suit against the federal government is valid because it is more than just a fraud case. It claims that it is about broader issues with government housing programs. A class action suit against JPMorgan … Continue reading
July 6, 2015 in Affordable Housing | Permalink | No Comments
July 1, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Separate and Unequal: The American Dream, Peter C. LaGreca, 16 Rutgers Race & L. Rev. 183 (2015). Reverse Mortgage Loans: A Quantitative Analysis, Makoto Nakajima & Irina Telyukova, FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 14-27. Reverse Mortgages: What Homeowners (Don’t) … Continue reading
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June 29, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
Massachusetts’s federal court found that a unit of Deutsche Bank AG failed to vet some residential mortgage-backed securities, which mislead Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. US Bank filed an amended complaint claiming that Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. and CitiMortgage … Continue reading
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June 26, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announces access to the consumer complaint database where users can read consumer narratives and download complaint data as desired. The CFPB describes it as an enhanced public-facing consumer complaint database, which includes for the first time … Continue reading
June 26, 2015 in Affordable Housing | Permalink | No Comments
