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October 10, 2016

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Jamila Moore

A local Connecticut resident will not allow her home to be foreclosed by CitiMortgages, Inc. The local resident recently filed suit in a Connecticut court alleging the company has violated state and local foreclosure laws. An Arkansas couple will not … Continue reading

October 7, 2016

Friday’s Government Reports Roundup

By Robert Engelke

The ADP National Employment Report predicted a gain in jobs in September similar to the previous month’s increase. Predictions from the National Association of Realtors, the Mortgage Bankers Association,Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac show that home sales are going to heat … Continue reading

October 6, 2016

Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Roundup

By Robert Engelke

This working paper by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard compares rental housing in 12 countries in Europe and North America, using individual records from household surveys. Differences in housing characteristics, conditions, and costs across countries reflect a … Continue reading

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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