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 Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
December 7, 2016
Carson and Fair Housing
Law360 quoted me in Carson’s HUD Nom Adds To Fair Housing Advocates’ Worries (behind a paywall). It opens, President-elect Donald Trump’s Monday choice of Ben Carson to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development added to fears that the incoming … Continue reading
December 7, 2016 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
December 6, 2016
Expectations for Carson at HUD
The Christian Science Monitor quoted me in What Could US Cities Expect From Ben Carson as HUD Secretary? Ben Carson, a former neurosurgeon and erstwhile rival of Donald Trump, was nominated Monday by the president-elect to lead the Department of Housing … Continue reading
December 6, 2016 in Regulation | 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 Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
November 25, 2016
Consumer Protection, Going Forward
The New York Times quoted me in Consumer Protection Bureau Chief Braces for a Reckoning. It opens, Mild-mannered, lawyerly and with a genius for trivia, Richard Cordray is not the sort of guy you picture at the center of Washington’s bitter … Continue reading
November 25, 2016 in Regulation | 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 Regulation | 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 Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
