July 17, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
The National Housing Conference (NHC) released its report, “Housing and Services Needs of Our Changing Veteran Population”, offers recommendations on how to serve the different groups of veterans, specifically older adult veterans, female veterans, and post 9/11 veterans. The Federal … Continue reading
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July 15, 2015
Strange Love for Homeowner Tax Rates
With a nod to Dr. Strangelove, David Hasen has posted a scary little thought experiment, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love our Homeowner Tax Rules on SSRN. The essay “estimates the magnitude of life-cycle tax benefits available from home ownership for … Continue reading
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Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Mortgage Finance and Technological Change, Robin Döttling & Enrico C. Perotti, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 15-079/IV. Sustaining Neighborhoods of Choice: From Land Bank(ing) to Land Trust(ing), James J. Kelly Jr., Washburn Law Journal, Vol. 54, No. 3, 2015. President Eisenhower’s … Continue reading
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July 7, 2015
The State of the Nation’s Sustainable Housing
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released its The State of the Nation’s Housing 2015 report. I typically focus on the discussion of the mortgage market in this excellent annual report. Here are some of the mortgage … Continue reading
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July 6, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
Quicken Loans Inc. argues that its suit against the federal government is valid because it is more than just a fraud case. It claims that it is about broader issues with government housing programs. A class action suit against JPMorgan … Continue reading
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July 1, 2015
The Road to Rent-To-Own
TheStreet.com quoted me in Rent-to-Own Homes Can Be a Risky Option for Buyers. It opens, Instead of shelling out thousands of dollars to rent a home each month, some landlords give their tenants the option to buy the home while they … Continue reading
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June 30, 2015
The Silent Housing Crisis
The J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families, a new entity, has issued its first white paper on the Silent Housing Crisis: A Snapshot of Current and Future Conditions. The paper covers some of the same ground as another … Continue reading
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