July 31, 2015
Rapid Growth for Property Managers
Buildium.com quoted me in Can Rapid Growth Endanger Your Business? It reads, in part, For property managers, the prospect of rapid growth can be thrilling. You lease the units in your first building, fill vacancies quickly, add services that let you charge … Continue reading
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Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research released paper, which describes its “Bridge to Family Self-Sufficiency” Program. The program is intended to determine if low-income families in public housing improve their overall stability, with the right support. HUD released public, … Continue reading
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July 30, 2015
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think-Tank Round-Up
Enterprise Community Partner’s and other affordable housing advocates have launched #CapsHurtCommunities, a campaign to raise spending caps imposed and restore critical funding. They are urging organizations and concerned citizens to reach out to Congress while the members on recess – asking them to … Continue reading
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July 29, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
The Marginal Effect of First-Time Homebuyer Status on Mortgage Default and Prepayment, Saty Patrabansh, FHFA Working Paper 15-2. Gender Bias and Credit Access, Steven Ongena & Alexander A. Popov, ECB Working Paper No. 1822. Explaining the Boom-Bust Cycle in the … Continue reading
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July 28, 2015
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Update
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) released a final notice, The Small Buildings Risk Sharing Initiative invites private sector lenders to partner with the FHA to provide long term fixed rate capital to small building owners with mortgages of $3 – 5 million. Lending … Continue reading
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July 27, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
New York federal courts says HSBC Bank USA NA will face suit from National Credit Union Administration for over $2 billion in mortgage backed securities that HSBC served as trustee for. In the US DOJ’s reply in Quicken Loans suit … Continue reading
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July 24, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports
The U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly released the New Residential Construction statistics for June 2015 – which shows sizable increases in housing starts (compared to June 2014) for multiple unit construction, particularly in the … Continue reading
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