March 30, 2016
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Borrowing Constraints and Homeownership Over the Recent Cycle, Arthur Acolin, Jesse Bricker, Paul S. Calem & Susan M. Wachter. Momentum Strategies and Investor Sentiment in the REIT Market, Ying Hao, Hsiang-Hui Chu, Kuan-Cheng Ko & Lin Lin, International Review of … Continue reading
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March 29, 2016
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Roundup
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has implemented a new rule that effectively implements the Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities (HELP) Act. The House of Representatives passed the Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015 (S. 2393), … Continue reading
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March 28, 2016
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
The S. Supreme Court comes out 4-4 on discrimination claims in spousal guarantor suit following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, affirming the lower court decision. The NJ Tax Court held that when valuing a piece of land, environmental contamination … Continue reading
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March 25, 2016
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
The S. Commerce Department reported a 5.2 percent increase in housing starts in February 2016, a 7.2 percent increase from January in single-family homes.
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March 24, 2016
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Roundup
The Hispanic Wealth Project released “The State of Hispanic Homeownership Report,” which found that Hispanic homeownership is at its highest since 2009. The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies released a case study examining the private for-profit sector’s importance in … Continue reading
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March 23, 2016
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Speculative Fever: Investor Contagion in the Housing Bubble, Patrick J. Bayer, Kyle Mangum & James W. Roberts, Economic Research Institutes at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 211. Network Affiliation and Mortgage Modification in the Non-Agency MBS Market, James Neil Conklin, … Continue reading
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March 22, 2016
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Roundup
New ordinance in Minneapolis, MN requires landlords to handout voter registration forms to new tenants in hopes that such a requirement will ensure that the local election administrators have accurate voter information. The Federal Reserve announced that even though inflation … Continue reading
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