Category: Top National News

National Mortgage News, Dec. 13, 2016–Montgomery, Brian
Collingwood vice chairman and former FHA commissioner calls for new housing office to coordinate housing policy.

National Mortgage Professional, Dec. 14, 2016–Hall, Phil 
The Federal Housing Finance Agency issued its  final rule to implement the Duty to Serve statute that requires Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to offer financing for financially challenged households in the manufactured housing, affordable housing preservation and rural housing markets.

Reuters, Dec. 6, 2016–Freed, Dan 
Blackstone Group Chairman and CEO Steve Schwarzman said he expects a “very substantial reversal of regulations of all types” for the financial sector following Donald Trump’s presidential election.

National Mortgage News, Dec. 5, 2016–Collins, Brian
Carson “brings leadership skills along with his political sense and his persuasive and communication skills to HUD,” said David Stevens, the president and chief executive of MBA and a former FHA commissioner.

Colorado Real Estate Journal, Dec. 5, 2016–Fain, Baxter
One thing is for sure, our days of easy money and ultra-low rates are over.

Mortgage Daily, Dec. 2, 2016
Growing defaults from a wave of securitized commercial real estate loans that are maturing are likely to be exacerbated by the upcoming implementation of the risk retention rule.

National Real Estate Investor, Nov. 30, 2016–Bell, Diana
The rise in the 10-year Treasury rate could hinder some fourth-quarter transactions, which could have 2016 close out at about 10 percent down compared to last year’s sales volume.

Real Estate Journals, Dec. 6, 2016–Scherer, David
Last month, with the election of Donald Trump as president, we entered uncharted waters, politically and economically.

Wall Street Journal, Dec. 6, 2016–Fung, Esther
Smaller cities hoping to attract startup companies are finding that hip co-working space isn’t always enough-some young professionals also want co-living spaces.

National Mortgage News, Nov. 28, 2016–Heltman, John; McKendry, Ian
With the election of Donald Trump in the U.S. and an increasingly isolationist mood pervading European banking regulators, the international Basel III accords that underpinned much of the global post-crisis regulatory framework face an uncertain future.