December 1, 2015
HUD at 50
The Office of Policy Development and Research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued HUD at 50: Creating Pathways to Opportunity. It is a massive tome, with a lot of interest in it for the housing geeks among … Continue reading
December 1, 2015 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
November 30, 2015
The Semi-State of the CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its Semi-Annual Report for the period ending September 30th. I think that it is a dog-bites-man type of report as far as mortgages are concerned. A lot of the heavy lifting on mortgages has already … Continue reading
November 30, 2015 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
BNY Mellon files a brief on writ for cert with the Supreme Court warning the potential for “warping” the residential mortgage-backed securities market if it overturns the Second Circuit’s decision finding that provisions of the Trust Indenture Act did not … Continue reading
November 30, 2015 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
November 20, 2015
Promoting Opportunity with Development
Enterprise Community Partners have posted Promoting Opportunity Through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD): Barriers to Success and Best Practices for Implementation. It opens, Development patterns directly relate to a community’s strength. Individual families, the local economy, municipal governments and the environment … Continue reading
November 20, 2015 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
According to an October 2015 Department of Labor report, 271,000 jobs were added to the US economy in the month of October and the unemployment rate decreased to 5% from 5.1% in September. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released … Continue reading
November 20, 2015 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
November 19, 2015
Building HOME
The HOME Coalition, a coalition of affordable housing organizations, has posted Building HOME: The HOME Investment Partnerships Program’s Impact on America’s Families and Communities, its 2015 report. I don’t think HOME is a household word, at least when it is … Continue reading
November 19, 2015 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
November 18, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Introduction to Special Issue: Government Involvement in Residential Mortgage Markets, W. Scott Frame, Real Estate Economics, Vol. 43, Issue 4, pp. 807–819, 2015 (Paid Access). How Does the Federal Reserve’s Large‐Scale Asset Purchases (LSAPs) Influence Mortgage‐Backed Securities (MBS) Yields and … Continue reading
November 18, 2015 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
