June 20, 2017
Increasing Price Competition for Title Insurers
The New York State Department of Financial Services issued proposed rules for title insurance last month and requested comments. I submitted the following: I write and teach about real estate and am the Academic Director of the Center for Urban … Continue reading
June 20, 2017 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
June 19, 2017
Treasury’s Trojan Horse for The CFPB
The Hill posted my latest column, Americans Are Better off with Consumer Protection in Place. It opens, This month, the Treasury Department issued a report to President Trump in response to his executive order on regulation of the U.S. financial system. … Continue reading
June 19, 2017 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
June 16, 2017
Fox in The CRA Henhouse
Law360 quoted me in Treasury’s Fair Lending Review Worries Advocates (behind a paywall). It reads, in part, President Donald Trump’s Treasury Department said Monday that revisiting a 1977 law aimed at boosting bank lending and branches in poor neighborhoods was a “high … Continue reading
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June 15, 2017
Time Is Ripe For GSE Reform
Banker and Tradesman quoted me in Time Is Ripe For GSE Reform (behind a paywall). It opens, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Melvin L. Watt told the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs last month that “Congress … Continue reading
June 15, 2017 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
June 8, 2017
Securitizing Single-Family Rentals
Laurie Goodman and Karan Kaul of the Urban Institute’ Housing Finance Policy Center have issued a a paper on GSE Financing of Single-Family Rentals. They write, Fannie Mae recently completed the first government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) securitization of single-family rental (SFR) properties … Continue reading
June 8, 2017 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
June 7, 2017
Framing Bipartisan Housing Finance Reform
The Bipartisan Policy Center has issued A Framework for Improving Access and Affordability in a Reformed Housing Finance System. The brief was written by Michael Stegman who had served as the Obama Administration’s top advisor on housing policy. It opens, With policymakers … Continue reading
June 7, 2017 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
June 6, 2017
GSE Investors Propose Reform Blueprint
Moelis & Company, financial advisors to some of Fannie and Freddie investors including Paulson & Co. and Blackstone GSO Capital Partners, has release a Blueprint for Restoring Safety and Soundness to the GSEs. The blueprint is a version of a “recap … Continue reading
June 6, 2017 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
