January 24, 2017
Can Fannie and Freddie Be Privatized?
Kroll Bond Rating Agency posted Housing Reform 2017: Can the GSEs be Privatized? The big housing finance reform question is whether there is now sufficient consensus in Washington to determine the fate of Fannie and Freddie, now approaching their ninth year … Continue reading
January 24, 2017 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
December 16, 2016
Muddled Future for Fannie & Freddie
The United States Government Accountability Office released a report, Objectives Needed for the Future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac After Conservatorships. The GAO’s findings read a bit like a “dog bites man” story — stating, as it does, the … Continue reading
December 16, 2016 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
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
