September 30, 2022
Rethinking The Federal Home Loan Bank System
Law360 published my column, Time To Rethink The Federal Home Loan Bank System. It opens, The Federal Housing Finance Agency is commencing a comprehensive review of an esoteric but important part of our financial infrastructure this month. The review is … Continue reading
September 30, 2022 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
September 26, 2022
How Fintech Cos. May Transform Real Estate Investment
I published How Fintech Cos. May Transform Real Estate Investment along with Joseph Bizub and Justin Peralta in Law360. It opens, Until relatively recently, real estate with a small footprint — one-to-four-family … Continue reading
September 26, 2022 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
April 27, 2022
Sharing Your Home with Strangers
Debra Bechtel, Crystal Liu, Ernira Mehmetaj, and I have just posted Sharing Your Home with Strangers: Common-Interest Ownership and Financing Options to SSRN (as well as to bepress). The abstract reads, As the affordable housing crisis in the U.S. escalates, … Continue reading
April 27, 2022 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
October 7, 2021
Common Sense for the Shareholders of Fannie and Freddie
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued a mixed decision for Fannie & Freddie shareholders in Bhatti v. Federal Housing Finance Agency, No. 18-2506 (8th Cir. Oct. 6, 2021). While the Court ruled (consistent with the … Continue reading
October 7, 2021 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
July 29, 2020
Insuring Homeownership — Best of the ABA
The American Bar Association selected my short article, Insuring Sustainable Homeownership, as part of “The Best of ABA Sections”–a compilation of some of the best articles published by the ABA’s sections, forums, and divisions. It was published in the ABA’s journal, … Continue reading
July 29, 2020 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
February 20, 2020
Money, Government and Mortgages
I just finished reading Money and Government by Robert Skidelsky (2018). It is a bit tough in parts for non-economists, but it is a great read for those trying to understand the appropriate relationship between economic theory and government policy. … Continue reading
February 20, 2020 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
September 16, 2019
Housing Finance Reform Endgame?
The Hill published my column, There is Hope of Housing Finance Reform That Works for Americans. It opens, The Trump administration released its long awaited housing finance reform report and it is a game changer. The report makes clear that it is game … Continue reading
September 16, 2019 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
