May 9, 2019
Financing The American Dream
I published Financing The American Dream in the May/June 2019 issue of the ABA’s Probate & Property magazine. it opens, Two movie scenes can bookend the last hundred years of housing finance. In Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (RKO … Continue reading
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May 7, 2018
Housing in the Trump Era
The Real Estate Transactions Section of the American Association of Law Schools has issued the following Call for Papers: Access + Opportunity + Choice: Housing Capital, Equity, and Market Regulation in the Trump Era Program Description: The year 2018 marks the … Continue reading
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March 2, 2018
The Regulation of Residential Real Estate Finance Under Trump
I published a short article in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) (ACREL) News & Notes, The Regulation of Residential Real Estate Finance Under Trump. The abstract reads, Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs was one of President Trump’s … Continue reading
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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
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January 11, 2018
Decay at Donald J. Trump State Park
Yahoo News quoted me in New York’s Donald J. Trump State Park: A Story of Abandonment and Decay. It opens, Donald J. Trump State Park is dilapidated and forgotten. No running path, no picnic table, no basketball hoop, no hiking trail, … Continue reading
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December 21, 2017
The Impact of Tax Reform on The Real Estate Sector
Congress passed the tax reform act on December 20, 2017 and President Trump is supposed to sign it by the end of the week. A lot of ink has been spilled on the impact of tax reform on homeowners, but … Continue reading
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November 27, 2017
Delaying Trump’s Wall
USA Today cited me in No, Cards Against Humanity Can’t Delay Trump’s Border Wall. It opens, By now you’ve played a rousing game of Cards Against Humanity or at least heard the game makers want to buy land to block the construction of President Trump’s proposed border … Continue reading
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