Click through to see how close SB 50—designed to increase housing density—was to making its way to the State Assembly.
Read More »GSE Reform: Finding the Right Path to Sustainability
As President Donald J. Trump calls for GSE reform, a pair of industry experts examine the critical factors in play and how best to modify the existing system to avoid another housing crisis.
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 ...
Read More »Ginnie Mae Pres on Growth: ‘Our Systems Are Volume Agnostic’
Wednesday morning, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled “Sustainable Housing Finance: The Role of Ginnie Mae in the Housing Finance System.” Michael R. Bright, Acting ...
Read More »NAR Fights For the Homeowner
The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Iona Harrison, Chair of NAR’s Federal Taxation Committee, testified before the Senate Finance Committee Thursday during a hearing entitled “Individual Housing Reform.”
Read More »Are Racial Disparities Hindering Housing Reform?
What can be done to close the economic gaps between races and reform the housing finance system in America? Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League and former the Mayor of New Orleans may have an answer.
Read More »Bernie Sanders Fianlly Breaks Housing Policy Silence
Sen. Bernie Sanders will be the second presidential candidate to address housing policy next to Hillary Clinton, who laid out her homeownership goals in February.
Read More »The Path Forward—7 Ways to Initiate Housing Reform
With every proposal for GSE reform being shot down at every turn, the chances of change occurring remains slim but not impossible.
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