December 15, 2016
Fannie/Freddie Scorecard
The Federal Housing Finance Agency released its 2017 Scorecard for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Common Securitization Solutions. The scorecard highlights how the FHFA’s reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is proceeding apace, absent direction from Congress. This reform … Continue reading
December 15, 2016 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
December 9, 2016
Trump and The Housing Market
TheStreet.com quoted me in 5 Ways the Trump Administration Could Impact the 2017 U.S. Housing Market. It opens, Yes, President-elect Donald Trump may have chosen Ben Carson to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, but as the U.S. housing … Continue reading
December 9, 2016 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
December 8, 2016
Taking up Housing Finance Reform
I am going to be a regular contributor to The Hill, the political website. Here is my first column, It’s Time to Take Housing Finance Reform Through The 21st Century: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two mortgage giants under the … Continue reading
December 8, 2016 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
December 5, 2016
Mnuchin and Housing Finance Reform
Sabri Ben-Achour of Marketplace interviewed me in Choice of Mnuchin Troubles Housing Activists. (The audio is available at the link at the top of the linked page.) The summary of the story reads as follows: Donald Trump has tapped financier, Hollywood producer … Continue reading
December 5, 2016 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
November 21, 2016
The Trump Effect on Mortgage Rates
The Christian Science Monitor quoted me in What Does President Trump Really Mean for Mortgage Rates? It opens, In the week following the election, mortgage rates soared nearly half a percentage point. Average weekly 30-year fixed home loan rates are back above … Continue reading
November 21, 2016 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
November 18, 2016
Low Down Payment Mortgages, Going Forward
TheStreet.com quoted me in Home Loan Down Payments Are in Decline: Will Uncle Sam Ride to the Rescue? It opens, President-elect Donald Trump has enough problems on his hands as his administration takes shape, with the economy, health care, geopolitical strife and … Continue reading
November 18, 2016 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
November 11, 2016
Surveying Mortgage Originations, Going Forward
REFinBlog has been nominated for the second year in a row for The Expert Institute’s Best Legal Blog Competition in the Education Category. Please vote here if you like what you read. As I had earlier noted, the Federal Housing Finance Agency … Continue reading
November 11, 2016 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
