April 19, 2017
How Tight Is The Credit Box?
Laurie Goodman of the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center has posted a working paper, Quantifying the Tightness of Mortgage Credit and Assessing Policy Actions. The paper opens, Mortgage credit has become very tight in the aftermath of the financial … Continue reading
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March 20, 2017
United States v. CFPB
The Trump Administration has filed an amicus brief in PHH Corp. v. CFPB. The case is schedule for an en banc hearing in May. The filing is particularly newsworthy because the Trump Administration is siding with PHH, a mortgage lender, … Continue reading
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March 14, 2017
Gorsuch and the State of Administrative Law
I was interviewed by Harold O’Grady on his podcast for the BLS Library Blog about Supreme Court nominee Judge Gorsuch: This conversation with Brooklyn Law School Professor David Reiss focuses on his recent article Gorsuch, CFPB and Future of the Administrative … Continue reading
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March 8, 2017
What’s the CFPB Ever Done for Housing?
TheStreet.com quoted me in What’s the CFPB Ever Done For Housing? Quite A Lot. It reads, in part, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau grew out of the housing market crash of 2008 and subsequent Dodd-Frank legislation. As a watchdog with teeth, … Continue reading
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February 16, 2017
Return to the Great Recession?
US News & World Report quoted me in What Happens if Trump Dismantles the Financial Regulations of the Great Recession? It opens, On Feb. 3, 2017, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders that will affect the financial sector. That change … Continue reading
February 15, 2017
Impact on Consumers of Dodd-Frank Repeal
TheStreet.com quoted me in What Would a Repeal of Dodd-Frank Mean to Consumers? It reads, in part, With the political atmosphere unsettled at best, much of the current talk out of Washington, D.C. centers on unraveling the Dodd-Frank Act. But what would … Continue reading
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February 14, 2017
Dodd-Frank Repeal Unappealing for Homeowners
The Hill published my latest column, Why Repealing Dodd-Frank Is Unappealing if You Own a Home. It opens, President Trump has made it clear that he wished to dismantle the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Just two weeks … Continue reading
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