April 17, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports
There is a dearth of reports to report today, I have decided to post a beautiful poem in honor of Spring and Earth Day by Emily Dickinson: A Light Exists In Spring A Light exists in Spring Not present on … Continue reading
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April 16, 2015
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up
Harvard’s Joint Center for Houses Studies released its Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) which predicts a deceleration in remodeling activity due to sluggish home sales, the LIRA also projects annual spending for home improvements will increase a more modest … Continue reading
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April 15, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Amidst the Walking Dead: Judicial and Nonjudicial Approaches for Eradicating Zombie Mortgages, by Andrea Clark, Emory Law Journal, Vol. 65, No. 3, Forthcoming. The Paradox of Judicial Foreclosure: Collateral Value Uncertainty and Mortgage Rates, by David Harrison & Michael Seiler, … Continue reading
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April 13, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
Bankrupt Washington Mutual settles in class action suit for $10 million after duping plaintiffs into taking out mortgages with low “teaser rates.” Goldman Sachs asks NY Federal Judge not to certify class action suit over its Abacus collateralized debt obligation, … Continue reading
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April 10, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released a report on mortgage performance. CFPB releases its Consumer Response Annual Report analyzing the complaints it received in 2014 and its fourth annual Fair Debt Collection Practices Act FHFA releases its … Continue reading
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April 9, 2015
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up
American Enterprise Institute’s International Center on Housing Risk releases Data and Briefing on National Mortgage Risk Index and Other Risk Measures notes the growth of non-banks are holding a growing share of FHA backed home loans National Alliance to End Homelessness’ The State of … Continue reading
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April 7, 2015
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Round-Up
The Department of Housing and Urban Development Recently Released an Evaluation of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) which finds that NSP was too modestly funded to consistently arrest the declines in property values or achieve the impacts that were hoped for.
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