January 14, 2014
How to Make NYC Affordable?
The Community Service Society released a report, An Affordable Place to Live (written by Waters and Bach). The report is intended to state “What New Yorkers Want From the New Mayor” from the perspective of low-income New Yorkers. Given that … Continue reading
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January 9, 2014
Weigh in on Mortgage Closing “Pain Points”
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has issued a Request for Information Regarding the Mortgage Closing Process. The CFPB wants information from the public about mortgage closing. Specifically, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) seeks information on key consumer “pain points” … Continue reading
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December 17, 2013
Reiss on Myths of the Fed
Bankrate.com quoted me in a story, 5 Myths Debunked About The Federal Reserve. it reads in part, Assassination, foreign control and money printing: the stuff of a motion picture thriller? Not in this case. They’re all the fodder for wild … Continue reading
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December 11, 2013
Reiss on Watt Confirmation
Law360 interviewed me about the Senate confirmation of Mel Watt as the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency in Fannie, Freddie’s Footprint Could Grow Under New FHFA Head. The article reads in part, The U.S. mortgage industry is in … Continue reading
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December 10, 2013
Imposing Order on Recording Chaos
Dale Whitman has posted A Proposal for a National Mortgage Registry: MERS Done Right. This is great timing because he will be touching on some of the issues raised in this article in tomorrow’s webinar. His proposal for a national … Continue reading
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November 16, 2013
A Review of “Reckless Endangerment”
The 2008 Financial Crisis and subsequent fall of Lehman has been a recent point of fascination. HBO released its acclaimed “Too Big to Fail”; Kevin Spacey starred in “Margin Call”; even Michael Douglas’ “Wall Street” saw a revamp with a … Continue reading
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November 13, 2013
Brooklyn’s New Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship
Brooklyn Law School has announced a new venture, the Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship (CUBE), that will encompass much of the work that Brad Borden and I do, including this very blog. The press release reads: Brooklyn has become a … Continue reading
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