March 23, 2017
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Roundup
Dan Green writes an article entitled, “FHA Loan With 3.5% Down vs Conventional 97 Loan With 3% Down” which analyzes the benefits and drawbacks to each of the loan types mentioned. Based on the research, the conventional 97 loan seem … Continue reading
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March 22, 2017
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Economic Policy and Systematic Risk: The Un-constitutionality of Rent-Control/Rent-Stabilization Statutes; Multiple Listing Systems; and the Licensing of ‘Real Estate Websites, Nwogugu Assessing Involuntary Termination Risk on Residential Mortgage Servicing Rights, Whalen Implicit Hedonic Pricing Using Mortgage Payment Information, Pace and … Continue reading
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March 21, 2017
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Roundup
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) currently offers some of the lowest mortgage rates in the country. Recently, the government branch added another component to assist with providing Americans with affordable housing. Soon residents of all 50 states will … Continue reading
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March 20, 2017
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
A class member in a suit against New Jersey is very unhappy with the 9.6 million dollar settlement reached. The “tax lien bid-rigging” costed homeowners approximately 400 million dollars. The class member filed an appeal in the Third Circuit to … Continue reading
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March 17, 2017
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
In response to the Trump Administration’s preliminary budget plan, several Democratic Senators denounced potential cuts to HUD that would drastically undermine its programs. In a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, the lawmakers called the budget reductions being considered “unconscionable” … Continue reading
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March 16, 2017
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Roundup
A study by the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness finds that New York City’s homeless high school students are more likely to face an array of health risks than their non-homeless counterparts. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh has made … Continue reading
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March 15, 2017
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
This paper, ‘Monopoly’ in Real Life – The Housing Market and Inequality, uses a simple model based on the board game Monopoly to simulate the drivers of house prices and inequality. The starting capital, income per round (wage), rental income, … Continue reading
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