A recent Senate Banking Committee hearing addressed the nation’s homeownership gap, and provided recommendations on how to mend a market in peril.
Read More »Former Freddie Mac Head Comments on Housing Overhaul
Former Freddie Mac head Don Layton analyzes the keys to revamping the housing finance system as laid out by Sen. Pat Toomey.
Read More »Steps in the Right Direction for GSE Reform
Detailing the history of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, new commentary says privatizing the GSEs has been a long time in the making.
Read More »Industry Insiders React to Housing Finance Reform Plan
Reform of the GSEs has been sought for more than a decade, and many are looking for details from the Treasury’s plan.
Read More »GSE Update: Presidential Reform and Fannie’s New CEO
From a presidential call for reform to Fannie Mae leadership changes, it was an important day for the GSEs. Get all the details here.
Read More »Industry Stakeholders Dive Into GSE Reform
In a few days, realtors will be part of a policy forum that will address GSE reform and the significant role the agencies play in the housing market. Here’s more on their new comprehensive vision.
Read More »Worries Over Interest Rates and Supply Have Industry on Alert
Today’s rising interest rates have some market participants concerned, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The survey reports that crimped housing supply, coupled with the higher cost to borrow, is ...
Read More »Treasury Doubling Down on Financial Crisis Mistakes?
Former White House Counsel and Senior Fellow in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute Peter J. Wallison put in an appearance Thursday on CNBC’s The Santelli Exchange, ...
Read More »The State of Housing
As President Trump will present his State of the Union address to the Senate this evening, what is the State of the Housing Industry? With home prices that ...
Read More »Balancing Government Involvement and Private Capital in Housing
It’s been a decade since the housing bubble collapsed, sending shockwaves through the mortgage industry and creating economic impacts that are still being felt throughout the nation to ...
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