June 6, 2016
What Are Mortgage Borrowers Thinking?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) have released A Profile of 2013 Mortgage Borrowers: Statistics from the National Survey of Mortgage Originations. While sounding dull and perhaps a bit dated, this document is actually … Continue reading
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June 3, 2016
Trump, Sanders and Housing Policy
I had earlier blogged about Hillary Clinton’s housing policy positions. Today, I turn to those of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Amazingly (or, perhaps, completely unsurprisingly), their housing policies present microcosms of their … Continue reading
June 3, 2016 in Home Ownership | Permalink | No Comments
June 2, 2016
Ensuring Sustainable Homeownership
My short article, Ensuring That Homeownership Is Sustainable, was just published in the Westlaw Journal, Bank & Lender Liability. It opens, The Federal Housing Administration has suffered as a result of many of the same unrealistic underwriting assumptions that led to problems … Continue reading
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June 1, 2016
Millennials Coming Home
I was interviewed on Voice of America’s American Café in a story, Millennials Coming Home. The story touches on many of the themes that I blogged about last week. VoA sets up the show as follows: A new study says … Continue reading
June 1, 2016 in Home Ownership | Permalink | No Comments
May 27, 2016
Mommy, I’m Home!
The Pew Research Center has released For First Time in Modern Era, Living with Parents Edges out Other Living Arrangements for 18- to 34-Year-Olds (link for complete report on right side of page). This report adds to the growing literature on … Continue reading
May 27, 2016 in Home Ownership | Permalink | No Comments
May 25, 2016
Evicted by Homeowners Association
Realtor.com quoted me in Homeowner Evicted for Not Paying HOA Dues: Can This Happen to You? It opens, Who knew? Even if you pay your mortgage on time every month, your home can still be foreclosed on and sold from under … Continue reading
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May 23, 2016
Why Are There Real Estate Agents?
Realtor.com (admittedly not a neutral source on this topic) quoted me in 6 Reasons Real Estate Agents Aren’t Extinct. It opens, It’s 2016, and it seems our need for real live people is ever-diminishing. There’s self-checkout instead of cashiers, selfie sticks … Continue reading
May 23, 2016 in Home Ownership | Permalink | No Comments
