June 22, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
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
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June 17, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
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
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June 15, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
The CFPB increased PHH Corp.’s penalty to $109 million from $6.4 million on appeal, while upholding an administrative judge’s ruling that the firm was involved in a mortgage insurance kickback scheme. A class of PHH borrowers have been granted cert … Continue reading
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June 10, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Racial Discrepancy in Mortgage Interest Rates, by Ping Cheng, Zhenguo Lin, & Yingchun Liu, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 51, No. 1, 2015. House Prices, Local Demand, and Retail Prices, by Johannes Stroebel & Joseph Vavra, CEPR … Continue reading
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June 8, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
The United States Supreme Court held that Chapter 7 debtors cannot get rid of junior liens on underwater home loans under the bankruptcy code.
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June 5, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
United States Government Accountability Office releases report: “Collateral Requirements Discourage Some Community Development Financial Institutions from Seeking Membership”. The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its Out of Reach 2015 report, in which it asserts that low wages and … Continue reading
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June 3, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
The Boom, the Bust and the Future of Homeownership, by Stuart A. Gabriel & Stuart S. Rosenthal, Real Estate Economics, Vol. 43, Issue 2, pp. 334-374, 2015. Promoting ‘Inclusive Communities’: A Modified Approach to Disparate Impact Under the Fair Housing … Continue reading
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