September 15, 2014
Housing Goals and Housing Finance Reform
The Federal Housing Finance Agency issued a proposed rule that would establish housing goals for Fannie and Freddie for the next three years. The Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 required that Fannie and Freddie’s regulator … Continue reading
September 15, 2014 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
September 12, 2014
Reiss on Housing Finance Reform
Inside MBS and ABS, the trade journal, quoted me in DeMarco Cites ‘Structural Improvements’ in Housing Six Years After GSE Conservatorship, More Needed (behind a paywall). It reads, Six years after the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, … Continue reading
September 12, 2014 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
September 4, 2014
Hope for Housing Finance Reform?
The former Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Edward Demarco, has issued a short policy brief from his new perch at the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets.While there is nothing that is really new in this policy … Continue reading
September 4, 2014 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
September 3, 2014
Top Ten Issues for Housing Finance Reform
Laurie Goodman of the Urban Institute has posted A Realistic Assessment of Housing Finance Reform. This paper is quite helpful, given the incredible complexity of the topic. The paper includes a lot of background, but I assume that readers of … Continue reading
September 3, 2014 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
September 2, 2014
Insuring Mortgages Through the Business Cycle
Mark Zandi and Cristian deRitis of Moody’s, along with Jim Parrott of the Urban Institute, have posted Putting Mortgage Insurers on Solid Ground. They wrote this in response to the Private Mortgage Insurance Eligibility Requirements set forth by the FHFA. … Continue reading
September 2, 2014 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
August 26, 2014
Regulating Fannie and Freddie With The Deal
Steven Davidoff Solomon and David T. Zaring have posted After the Deal: Fannie, Freddie and the Financial Crisis Aftermath to SSRN. The abstract reads, The dramatic events of the financial crisis led the government to respond with a new form … Continue reading
August 26, 2014 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
August 18, 2014
Housing Finance at A Glance
The Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center really does give a a nice overview of the American housing finance system in its monthly chartbook, Housing Finance at A Glance. I list below a few of the charts that I found … Continue reading
August 18, 2014 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
