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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

October 5, 2016

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Robert Engelke

In an article titled Episodes of Exuberance in Housing Markets: In Search of the Smoking Gun,  examine changes in the time series properties of three widely used housing market indicators (real house prices, price-to-income ratios, and price-to-rent ratios) for a … Continue reading

October 4, 2016

Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Roundup

By Robert Engelke

For tenants facing eviction, New York may guarantee a lawyer New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said that the state’s Department of Financial Services has proposed a new regulation that will require banks and mortgage servicers to inspect … Continue reading

October 3, 2016

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Robert Engelke

A federal judge on Thursday granted a motion for summary judgment to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Agency in a suit seeking declaratory judgment that the city of Chicago cannot impose a transfer tax on … Continue reading

September 30, 2016

Friday’s Government Report Roundup

By Jamila Moore

The Federal Open Market Committee were unable to raise the interests rates in September 2016. This is the lowest rates to surface in ten weeks. The Federal Housing Administration is proposing a new regulation for the approval of process of … Continue reading

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September 29, 2016

Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Roundup

By Jamila Moore

NYU’s Furman Center studied the trends and effects of gentrification in the New York City area. They found there was a significant shift in the demographics in gentrified neighborhoods since the 1990s. Representatives across the U.S. are seeking to decrease … Continue reading

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September 28, 2016

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Jamila Moore

Lukasz Mach wrote an article entitled, Logit Modelling as a Tool Supporting Decision Making in the Real Estate Market. The article studied how logistic regression significantly affects the demand in the real estate market. Monika Piazzesi and Martin Schneider wrote … Continue reading

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September 27, 2016

Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Roundup

By Jamila Moore

The Securities and Exchange Commission dropped two of their claims against two mortgage executives regarding their accounting practices and hiding funds. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development studied new single-family housing sales across the U.S. They noticed that … Continue reading

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