November 19, 2015
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think TankRound-Up
Enterprise Community Partners reports that recent Amendments to the Bipartisan Budget Act underfund critical affordable housing and community development programs. National Association of Realtor’s Existing Home Sales reflects price gains in Metro Areas for the third quarter of 2015, NAR … Continue reading
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November 18, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Introduction to Special Issue: Government Involvement in Residential Mortgage Markets, W. Scott Frame, Real Estate Economics, Vol. 43, Issue 4, pp. 807–819, 2015 (Paid Access). How Does the Federal Reserve’s Large‐Scale Asset Purchases (LSAPs) Influence Mortgage‐Backed Securities (MBS) Yields and … Continue reading
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November 17, 2015
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Round-Up
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has announced relaxed requirements, effective immediately, for condominium project approval. The move is intended to increase options for affordable housing for 1st time and low income homebuyers. Among the changes are streamlining project recertification, expanding … Continue reading
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November 16, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
Following SCOTUS’s March Omnicare decision, a pension fund is claiming that the Second Circuit failed to take into account said decision in failing to revive Bank of America mortgage suit. The plaintiff requests SCOTUS’s review. U.S. District Court judge dismisses … Continue reading
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November 13, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that it plans to expand the Neighborhood Stabilization Initiative into 18 additional Metropolitan areas -the program gives community organizations an “advanced first look” opportunity to purchase foreclosed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac properties, … Continue reading
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November 12, 2015
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has released a report Realizing the Housing Voucher Program’s Potential to Enable Families to Move to Better Neighborhoods in which it recommends key changes which would lead to long term upward mobility for families using … Continue reading
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November 11, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
The Value of Manufactured Housing Communities: A Dual-Ownership Model, Charles Becker & Ashley Yea, Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 196. Liquidity Provision, Credit Risk and the Bond Spread: New Evidence from the Subprime Mortgage Market, Xudong … Continue reading
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