April 2, 2014
Visualizing The Residential Mortgage Market
Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC has a nice graph, The Mortgage Market Overview, that helps to make sense of the massive U.S. residential mortgage market. It breaks down the $20 trillion dollar U.S. residential housing market into debt and … Continue reading
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April 1, 2014
Reiss on Rising Interest Rates
ABC News quoted me in Small Interest Rate Changes Mean Big Money for Home Buyers. The story reads in part, As the economy continues to recover from the worst recession since the 1930s, mortgage interest rates remain at historically low … Continue reading
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March 21, 2014
Unsexy but Essential: NYC’s Infrastructure Needs
The Center for an Urban Future has released a much-needed report, Caution Ahead: Overdue Investment for New York’s Aging Infrastructure. The report finds that too much of the city’s essential infrastructure remains stuck in the 20th Century—a problem for a … Continue reading
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March 17, 2014
Housing Affordability in NYS
The NYS Comptroller issued a report, Housing Affordability in New York State. The report finds that The percentage of New York State households with housing costs above the affordability threshold, as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban … Continue reading
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March 10, 2014
Reiss on NYC Development
Law360 quoted me in Domino Deal Shows De Blasio Can Play Nice With RE Cos. (behind a paywall). The story reads in part, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing deal with the developer of the Domino Sugar … Continue reading
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March 4, 2014
Housing Affordability Challenges
The Center for Housing Policy has issued a report, The Housing Affordability Challenges of America’s Working Households. It finds that Overall, 15.6 percent of all U.S. households (18.1 million households) were severely housing cost burdened in 2012. Severely cost burdened … Continue reading
March 4, 2014 in Miscellaneous | Permalink | No Comments
February 21, 2014
Reiss on Single Family Rental-Backed Bonds
Law360 Quoted me in Newest Property-Secured Bonds Invite Scrutiny (behind a paywall). It reads in part, The Blackstone Group LP’s recent groundbreaking move to sell bonds secured by single-family rental homes may have created the next securitization blockbuster, but attorneys say the … Continue reading
February 21, 2014 in Miscellaneous | Permalink | No Comments
