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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

August 5, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

The Impact of the Home Valuation Code of Conduct on Appraisal and Mortgage Outcomes, Lei Ding & Leonard I. Nakamura, FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 15-28. Financial Literacy and Mortgage Credit: Evidence from the Recent Mortgage Market Crisis, Xudong … Continue reading

August 3, 2015

Foreclosures & Credit Card Debt

By David Reiss

Paul S. Calem, Julapa Jagtiani and William W. Lang have posted Foreclosure Delay and Consumer Credit Performance to SSRN. Effectively, it argues that long foreclosure delays may have reduced the credit card default rate because homeowners in default were able to pay … Continue reading

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

The Third Circuit upholds class certification in case against PNC Bank NA, in which individuals are alleging the bank participated in an illegal home equity lending scheme. Residential Credit Solutions Inc., a mortgage servicing company, will pay $1.6 million in … Continue reading

July 29, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

The Marginal Effect of First-Time Homebuyer Status on Mortgage Default and Prepayment, Saty Patrabansh, FHFA Working Paper 15-2. Gender Bias and Credit Access, Steven Ongena & Alexander A. Popov, ECB Working Paper No. 1822. Explaining the Boom-Bust Cycle in the … Continue reading

July 27, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

New York federal courts says HSBC Bank USA NA will face suit from National Credit Union Administration for over $2 billion in mortgage backed securities that HSBC served as trustee for. In the US DOJ’s reply in Quicken Loans suit … Continue reading

July 22, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Valuing Control, Peter C. DiCola, 113 Michigan Law Review 663 (2015). A Framework for Understanding Property Regulation and Land Use Control from a Dynamic Perspective, Donald J. Kochan, 4 Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law 303 (2015). The Use … Continue reading

July 20, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Primary Capital Advisors LLC will face suit for selling bad loans to a Residential Capital LLC subsidiary, putting the parent company into bankruptcy, because the contract language was ambiguous. California federal court approved Diversified Lending Group’s $163 million settlement with … Continue reading