July 23, 2015
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Staff Report, Determinants of Mortgage Default and Consumer Credit Use: The Effects of Foreclosure Laws and Foreclosure Delays, examines the interconnectedness of debt repayment decisions – specifically finding that mortgage default is negatively correlated with … Continue reading
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July 22, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Valuing Control, Peter C. DiCola, 113 Michigan Law Review 663 (2015). A Framework for Understanding Property Regulation and Land Use Control from a Dynamic Perspective, Donald J. Kochan, 4 Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law 303 (2015). The Use … Continue reading
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July 21, 2015
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Round-Up
Today, July 21st The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is holding a mark up of several expired tax provisions. This Tax Extenders Legislation would, among other provisions, extend the popular New Market Tax Credit and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit which … Continue reading
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July 20, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
Primary Capital Advisors LLC will face suit for selling bad loans to a Residential Capital LLC subsidiary, putting the parent company into bankruptcy, because the contract language was ambiguous. California federal court approved Diversified Lending Group’s $163 million settlement with … Continue reading
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July 15, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Mortgage Finance and Technological Change, Robin Döttling & Enrico C. Perotti, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 15-079/IV. Sustaining Neighborhoods of Choice: From Land Bank(ing) to Land Trust(ing), James J. Kelly Jr., Washburn Law Journal, Vol. 54, No. 3, 2015. President Eisenhower’s … Continue reading
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July 14, 2015
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Round-Up
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released a final rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. HUD’s rule clarifies and simplifies existing fair housing obligations for HUD grantees to analyze their fair housing landscape and set locally-determined fair … Continue reading
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July 13, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
The New York Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s dismissal of suit against New York City, the New York Mets’ ownership group and The Related Cos., which had plans to build the Mets’ stadium on public parkland. The Court … Continue reading
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