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December 1, 2016

Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Roundup

An article by the Build Healthy Places blog titled, Staying Healthy: The Role of Aging in Community, discuss how significant financial barriers remain to older adults who want to age in place and stay connected to their communities. Could the … Continue reading →

November 30, 2016

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

This paper, titled Transparency in the Mortgage Market, studies the impact of transparency in the mortgage market on the underlying real estate markets. It shows that geographic transparency in the secondary mortgage market, which implies geographic risk based pricing in … Continue reading →

November 29, 2016

Properly Insuring a Home

Realtor.com quoted me in 3 Types of Insurance You Need to Buy a Home (and 4 You Don’t). It reads, in part, When you buy a home, you will be showered with offers to buy insurance—and not just one type, but many … Continue reading →

Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Roundup

Airbnb Inc and the state of New York agreed Tuesday to end their fight over a recent law that bans advertising of short-term rentals on sharing economy websites, just a month after the company filed suit and Gov. Andrew Cuomo … Continue reading →

November 28, 2016

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

A New York federal judge on Tuesday ordered Wells Fargo Bank NA to produce documents from a pair of databases in a proposed class action accusing the bank of mishandling residential mortgage-backed securities investments, but denied the investors’ request concerning … Continue reading →

November 24, 2016

Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

President Lincoln’s 1863 Proclamation of Thanksgiving, issued in the midst of the Civil War, continues to provide guidance to us today: The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. … Continue reading →

November 23, 2016

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

Accounting for Local Spatial Heterogeneities in Housing Market Studies, Osland, I.S. Thoreson, and I. Thoreson Social Function and Value Capture: Do They or Should They Have a Role to Play in Polish Land Development Regulation, Crawford, Juergensmeyer, and Szescilo Temporary … Continue reading →