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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

November 16, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Following SCOTUS’s March Omnicare decision, a pension fund is claiming that the Second Circuit failed to take into account said decision in failing to revive Bank of America mortgage suit. The plaintiff requests SCOTUS’s review. U.S. District Court judge dismisses … Continue reading

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November 4, 2015

Home and Marriage

By David Reiss

TheStreet.com quoted me in First-Time Homebuyers Often Wait to Buy House After Marriage. It reads, in part, The number of people purchasing their first home, especially Millennials, could be impacted negatively by shifting demographics as the median age for marriage is rising. … Continue reading

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Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

2015 Trying Times: Important Lessons to Be Learned from Recent Federal Tax Cases, Nancy A. McLaughlin & Stephen J. Small, Presented at Land Trust Alliance Rally 2015, Sacramento, CA, Friday October 9, 2015. Do People Shape Cities, or Do Cities … Continue reading

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October 27, 2015

Primer on NYC Affordability Crisis

By David Reiss

Enterprise has released a report, 2015 New York City Housing Security Profile and Affordability Housing Gap Analysis. Its conclusions are not shocking, but they are sobering: Of 2 million renter households in New York City, nearly 640,000 are low-income and … Continue reading

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October 23, 2015

Friday’s Government Reports Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

The National Housing Conference released its 2015 “Paycheck to Paycheck” report, which reports how the gap between housing and wages has increased. The National Bureau of Economic Research released a working paper, Housing Booms and Busts, Labor Market Opportunities, and … Continue reading

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October 15, 2015

Millennials, Paycheck to Paycheck

By David Reiss

The National Housing Conference and the Center for Housing Policy issued a report, Paycheck to Paycheck: A Snapshot of Housing Affordability for Millennial Workers. The report opens, Public perception of millennials tends to paint a picture of highly educated hipsters … Continue reading

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October 14, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Pricing Residential Real Estate Derivatives, Mark Michael Richter. Local House Prices and Mental Health, Nayan Krishna Joshi, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 2015. Why Did So Many Subprime Borrowers Default During the Crisis: Loose Credit or Plummeting … Continue reading

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