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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

June 25, 2015

Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up

By Serenna McCloud

Capital New York reports another study which finds that non-whites are at a disadvantage when it comes to securing a home loan, this is more pronounced in the conventional loan market (less so for FHA loans). Includes an interactive chart … Continue reading

June 24, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

House Price Impacts of Racial, Income, Education and Age Neighborhood Segregation, David M. Brasington, Diane Hite & Andres Jauregui, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 55, Issue 3, pp. 442-467, 2015. Housing Price Collapse Worsens the Opportunities for Educational Attainment for … Continue reading

June 23, 2015

Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Round-Up

By Serenna McCloud

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is proposing policy changes to improve access to low-poverty neighborhoods – recent research (summarized here) indicates that place has a lot to do with educational attainment and earning power throughout life.  HUD’s housing choice … Continue reading

June 22, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Two Moody’s Investor Services Inc. entities remain the only defendants in appeal from Illinois Bank following the exit of McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc. and Standard and Poor’s in suit over residential mortgage-backed securities ratings. A Second Circuit judge did not revive … Continue reading

June 19, 2015

Friday’s Government Reports Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) releases report on differences between the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program. It found that the NHTF is more targeted to low-income renter households than HOME. The US Department … Continue reading

June 18, 2015

Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up

By Serenna McCloud

On June 23, at 2pm the Urban Land Institute, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and Hart Research are hosting a Virtual Conversation entitled: Housing, Communities, & Messaging that Resonates: Results from Three New Polls (RSVP Here). Americans’ housing and community … Continue reading

June 17, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

An Extrapolative Model of House Price Dynamics, Edward L. Glaeser & Charles Nathanson, HKS Working Paper No. RWP15-012. Old Suburbs Meets New Urbanism, Nicole Stelle Garnett, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1512. Credit Scoring and Loan Default, Rajdeep Sengupta & … Continue reading