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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

January 25, 2017

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Jamila Moore

Lien Back: Why Homeowner Association Super-Priority Statutes Should Be Repealed, Vaugh Flipping in the Housing Market, Leung & Tse Do Liquidated Damages Clauses Affect Strategic Mortgage Default Morality? A Test of the Disjunctive Thesis, Seiler Why Mortgage Borrowers Perserve: An … Continue reading

January 24, 2017

Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Roundup

By Jamila Moore

Mayor Richard Tran of Milpitas, CA promised voters in a recent election that he would ensure the city possessed more affordable housing for elders and low income communities. However, since taking office, Tran faces the limiting practicality of his plan … Continue reading

January 23, 2017

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Jamila Moore

J.P. Morgan Chase settled a case against them for allegedly charging African Americans and Hispanics higher mortgage rates. This 53 million dollar settlement comes from the company’s practices just three years after the U.S. housing market crash. A Texas developer is … Continue reading

January 20, 2017

Friday’s Government Reports Roundup

By Robert Engelke

A paper, titled How Low Can House Prices Go? Estimating a Lower Bound, discusses how in risk management, the credit risk and required capital associated with mortgage assets is often estimated through stress testing where the house price path is an … Continue reading

January 19, 2017

Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Roundup

By Robert Engelke

Although federal guidelines allow foreclosed homes to be sold with occupants, in a recently published article in Housing Policy Debate, the author reports that the guidelines are largely irrelevant in practice. In fact, data obtained from HUD through a Freedom … Continue reading

January 18, 2017

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Robert Engelke

This article titled, Foreclosure Sales and Recourse, documents the imbalance of foreclosure sales with respect to recourse laws applied to primary mortgages in the U.S. using geographic state borders as exogenous variation combined with individual transaction data located close to the border. … Continue reading