EconomyCommentary
According to recent reports, Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored enterprise backed by federal taxpayers, plans to expand its role in the housing finance system by further… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Should a landlord be required to rent an apartment to the first “qualified” person to appear on his or her doorstep? The city of Seattle… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Since 1989, when the Department of Housing and Urban Development started to pilot home equity conversion mortgages to U.S. homeowners over the age of 62,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In the last few months of the Obama administration, the Federal Housing Finance Agency advanced a final rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac called… Read More
EconomyNews
The president’s budget called for slashing funding for a block grant program primarily because it was difficult to determine whether it was getting the desired… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The cost of living in Southern California dodged a bullet on Tuesday when Los Angeles voters rejected ballot measure “S.” The measure would have made… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won.” These were the infamous words President Barack Obama used to scold congressional Republicans… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Ever since the federal government embedded itself into the U.S. housing market, it has caused problems that ultimately cost taxpayers trillions of dollars. Most policymakers… Read More
EconomyNews
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former rival Ben Carson to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Trump transition team announced Monday. “Ben… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Obama administration is pulling on both ends of the rope in the tug-of-war over housing regulation. Heritage Foundation calculations found that the typical American… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Seven years after its collapse, the U.S. housing market still has not experienced a real recovery. The heavy-handed and misguided federal policy that was supposed… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Senate may move forward this week on an energy bill that would result in more government meddling and wasting taxpayer dollars on activities better… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Seven years after the housing market collapse, the housing market continued a lopsided recovery in 2015. Overall, the housing market was stalled by a combination… Read More
EconomyNews
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Department of Housing and Urban Development provided a $9.4-million loan guarantee to renovate an apartment complex here eight months after the owner… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The U.S. inspector general estimates that 25,226 households occupying public housing units exceed the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD)’s 2014 eligibility income limits. In… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Next month will mark seven years of federal government conservatorship of the two government-sponsored mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. To cap off this… Read More
EconomyCommentary
More than six years out from a government-driven housing bubble, the chief regulator at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Mel Watt, and the Department of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Revealing just how difficult it is for politicians to learn from even recent history, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Julian Castro, is… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
The Federal Housing Administration, a primary government mortgage insurance guarantee agency, is leading a renewed push for government-insured “affordable” home loans. In an attempt to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A government agency wants to roll back penalties on banks that make errors when providing mortgages backed by government. If a loan is backed by… Read More
EconomyNews
NASHVILLE — U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is pushing for legislation to create a federal entity to regulate the housing market, six years after the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
There never has been a shortage of vapid policy analysis in Washington, and the current generation of pundits and reporters is no exception. Take the… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Get government out of the housing market – that’s the message Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, has for the housing industry. According to Hensarling, government intervention… Read More
EconomyNews
An unusual mix of political leaders on the left and right dealt a major blow to a housing finance bill yesterday, leaving its prospects for… Read More
EconomyNews
Several key Democrats refused to support a housing finance bill in a Senate committee today, leaving its prospects for passage unlikely this year. The measure… Read More
EconomyNews
The Senate Banking Committee meets today at 10 a.m. to consider a housing finance bill that eliminates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but leaves taxpayers… Read More
Obamacare is wreaking havoc on the economy; entitlement spending is swallowing the federal budget; America’s military readiness is in shambles; and a handful of senators… Read More
In an effort to reform the nation’s housing finance system, Senate Banking Chairman Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and ranking member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) will hold a… Read More
Did you know you are probably responsible for your neighbors’ mortgage payments? What? Heritage expert Norbert Michel explained: Nearly all new residential mortgages are currently… Read More
Josh Rosner, who in Reckless Endangerment (2011) exposed the cronyism of Fannie Mae and warned of a meltdown of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) as far… Read More
