February 17, 2015
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Round-Up
HUD AWARDS $1.8 BILLION TO IMPROVE, PRESERVE NATION’S PUBLIC HOUSING Says Housing Authorities Will Use Funding to Maintain Housing for Families, Seniors Julián Castro: Secretary of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Positive About the FHA in Written Testimony before … Continue reading
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February 13, 2015
Friday’s Weekly REFin ReCap
Reiss On: S&P Settlement Realistic Strategies for Consumer Education Nation of Renters Risky Reverse Mortgages $191 Billion for Fannie and Freddie Weekly Roundups: Monday’s Adjudications Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Wednesday’s Academic Thursday’s Advocacy and Think-Tank Papers Friday’s Government Reports
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February 5, 2015
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up
American Bankers Association Urges CFPB to Take Down Mortgage Calculator Enterprise Community Partners: Enterprise’s Comprehensive Overview and Budget Chart of Affordable Housing and Community Development Proposals in the FY 2016 President’s Budget National Association of Realtors Pushing for Commercial Use of Drones National … Continue reading
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February 3, 2015
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Round-Up
HUD: Issues Interim Rule to Guide Housing Trust Fund
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January 27, 2015
Assignments Not Standing up
The District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida (4th Dist.) ruled in Murray v. HSBC Bank USA et al., (No. 4D13-4316, Jan. 21, 2015) that HSBC did not have standing to foreclose. This case highlights the difficulties that … Continue reading
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October 23, 2014
Tall Mortgage Tales
Todd Zywicki has posted The Behavioral Law and Economics of Fixed-Rate Mortgages (and Other Just-So Stories) to SSRN. The article contains SPOILER ALERT! a spoof, in order to make a larger point. The abstract reads, A major cause of the … Continue reading
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July 31, 2014
Reiss on the Poor Door
Law360 quoted me in ‘Poor Door’ A Symptom Of Tough Balancing Act In Housing (behind a paywall). It opens, Extell Development Co.’s so-called “poor door” — a separate entrance for affordable housing tenants at a development on Riverside Drive — … Continue reading
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