National Association of Home Builders Welcomes Housing Finance Reform
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) chairman Kevin Kelly, a homebuilder from Wilmington, Delaware issued a statement lauding the Senate Banking Committee’s announcement that they had...
View ArticleMortgage Cooperative may Replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
A major aspect of the bipartisan housing finance reform legislation introduced by Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) of the Senate Banking Committee is a mortgage cooperative to ensure...
View ArticleNew Finance Reform Bill Includes Manufactured Housing
Following a post MHProNews.com published March 13, 2014 regarding the new housing reform bill introduced by Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) for the Senate Banking Committee, the...
View ArticleMHARR, MHI and GSE Reform, Background to Danny Ghorbani’s release and George...
On Sunday, March 16 at 4:47 PM ET, a news release was received from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) on the topic of the highly-charged issue of a Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE, “Fannie...
View ArticleReform Legislation may Limit Access to Mortgage Market
A bill by Senate Banking Committee leaders to overhaul the housing finance system may reduce access to the mortgage market for minorities and those with lesser means, according to a handful of housing...
View ArticleConservative Coalition Opposes Senate Housing Reform Measure
A coalition of over two dozen conservative groups has sent a letter to the Senate Banking Committee urging members to oppose the Johnson-Crapo housing finance reform bill because they say the measure...
View ArticleMarkup of Housing Finance Reform on Hold
Following a story MHProNews posted yesterday regarding the planned markup Tue., April 28 by the Senate Banking Committee of housing finance reform that includes provisions supportive of the...
View ArticleMark-Up of Senate’s Johnson Crapo Housing Finance Reform—DOA?
The Senate’s Johnson Crapo measure to reform housing finance and eliminate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was scheduled to be marked up at the end of April, as MHProNews reported April 29, 2014, but was...
View ArticleSenate Panel to Vote on Johnson-Crapo Measure
Following a story MHProNews posted April 29, 2014 regarding postponement of the mark up of the housing finance reform bill by the Senate Banking Committee, nationalmortgagenews.com reports the...
View ArticleChairman of National Association of Home Builders Comments on Senate Measure
Kevin Kelly, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder and developer from Wilmington, Del., today issued the following statement following the Senate Banking...
View ArticleHUD Head Castro Supports Johnson-Crapo Reform Bill
The new head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro, in his first major policy speech, said lending standards have become too tight and policymakers need to find ways to...
View ArticleRep. Ed Royce Questions HUD Sec. Julian Castro
From a hearing June 11, 2015 from the House Financial Services Committee entitled, “The Future of Housing in America: Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development” at which Rep. Ed...
View ArticleHousing Finance Expert will speak at Penn State
With more than 30 years of experience as a housing scholar and expert in the field of mortgage finance and housing policy, Kent Colton, president of The Colton Housing Group & Senior Scholar at the...
View ArticleFHA’s Carol Galante: Stable Housing Finance Awaits
The members of a panel at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) annual convention say the 30-year fixed rate mortgage (FRM) is so ingrained in the system that removing it would have unintended...
View ArticleWill Housing Finance Reform Please come Forward? Or Not
Housing finance reform is expected to be at the top of the agenda in Congress at the beginning of the new session, but unless the initiatives move forward quickly, chances increase they will stall as...
View ArticleSecretary Donovan calls for Housing Trust Fund
U. S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, noting that a housing trust fund needs to be established that supports $5 billion in affordable housing production a year, says the...
View ArticleSenate’s Housing Reform expected end of March
The U. S. Senate Banking Committee leaders have made a housing finance overhaul bill one the committee’s top priorities, and ranking member Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) says he and Chairman Tim Johnson...
View ArticleNational Association of Home Builders Welcomes Housing Finance Reform
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) chairman Kevin Kelly, a homebuilder from Wilmington, Delaware issued a statement lauding the Senate Banking Committee’s announcement that they had...
View ArticleMortgage Cooperative may Replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
A major aspect of the bipartisan housing finance reform legislation introduced by Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) of the Senate Banking Committee is a mortgage cooperative to ensure...
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