January 26, 2018
Trump and the Regulation of Real Estate
I have posted my article, The Trump Administration and Residential Real Estate Finance, which just came out in Westlaw Journal Derivatives to SSRN (and also to BePress). The abstract reads, An executive order titled “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs” … Continue reading
January 26, 2018 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
January 25, 2018
Credit Risk Transfer and Financial Crises
Susan Wachter posted Credit Risk Transfer, Informed Markets, and Securitization to SSRN. It opens, Across countries and over time, credit expansions have led to episodes of real estate booms and busts. Ten years ago, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), the … Continue reading
January 25, 2018 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
January 18, 2018
The FHFA’s Take on Housing Finance Reform
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Watt sent Federal Housing Finance Agency Perspectives on Housing Finance Reform to Senate Banking Chair Michael Crapo (R-ID) and Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the top Democrat on that committee. There are no real surprises in … Continue reading
January 18, 2018 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
January 12, 2018
Trump Wins Round Two At CFPB
Bloomberg Law quoted me in Court Says Mulvaney Can Lead CFPB, but Legal Fight Continues. It opens, The court battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s top leadership has shifted in the Trump administration’s favor, but continued litigation could test its … Continue reading
January 12, 2018 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
December 20, 2017
Are The Stars Aligning For Fannie And Freddie Reform?
Law360 published my op ed, Are The Stars Aligning For Fannie And Freddie Reform? It reads, There has been a lot of talk of the closed-door discussions in the Senate about a reform plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two mammoth housing … Continue reading
December 20, 2017 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
December 18, 2017
Dueling Trump and CFPB Regulatory Agendas
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, a bureaucratic-sounding but very important office within the Office of Management and Budget, released the Trump Administration’s Introduction to the Fall 2017 Regulatory Plan last week. While Trump’s plan is heavily focused on deregulation, … Continue reading
December 18, 2017 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
December 15, 2017
People’s Credit Union v. Trump
Twenty-one consumer finance regulation scholars (including yours truly) filed an amicus brief in Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union v. Trump, No. 1:17-cv-09536 (SDNY Dec. 14, 2017). The Summary of the Argument reads as follows: The orderly succession of … Continue reading
December 15, 2017 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
