October 8, 2015
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up
Citylab finds that urban farmers and real estate developers are teaming up in an unlikely alliance to create housing which incorporates on site food production, the latest in trendy, locavore hip. Enterprise Community Partners has launched a national sign on … Continue reading
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October 7, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Antimonopoly in Public Land Law, Michael C. Blumm & Kara Tebeau. Public Real Estate and the Term Structure of Interest Rates: A Cross-Country Study, Alexey Akimov, Simon Stevenson & Maxim Zagonov, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 51, … Continue reading
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October 6, 2015
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Round-Up
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) new Know Before you Owe mortgage disclosure rule went into effect this week. The new rule was implemented as a reform under Dodd-Frank. Borrowers now have to be allowed three days to consider a mortgage loan, … Continue reading
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October 5, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
New York federal judge dismisses suit against Bank of America Corp. over “hustle” high-speed mortgage approval process for allegedly defrauding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Midtown TDR Ventures LLC and Midtown GCT Ventures LLC, real estate developers that currently own … Continue reading
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October 2, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Monthly Complaint Snapshot focuses on consumer complaints related to mortgages. The CFPB found that consumers have particular difficulty with mortgage servicing – especially when applying for loan modifications to avoid foreclosure. The report also takes a … Continue reading
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October 1, 2015
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up
The Furman Center has released discussion 16, A New Approach to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing in its ‘The Dream Revisited’ Series, a “slow debate.” Discussion 16 contains five essays on the subject of affirmatively furthering fair housing. This Author recommends HUD’s New AFFH Rule: … Continue reading
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September 30, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Notices of Abatement vs Defects of Title, Roger Bernhardt, 38 Real Property Law Reporter 51 (Cal CEB Mar. 2015). Cities and Health: A Response to the Recent Commentaries, Michael K. Gusmano, Victor G. Rodwin, & Daniel Weisz, NYU Wagner Research … Continue reading
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