This past December 23rd, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that, despite the severe pandemic-induced economic downturn, its index of house prices had risen…
We are in the midst of a war between the government, companies, and not-for-profit organizations against the sharp economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. As a…
4/16/20 – This version of the blog has been updated to reflect that there are policy requirements in the Ginnie Mae program to finance servicer advances.
There is a very…
As I wrote last week, in America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic: Ten Stress Points to Watch, several components of the country’s $10 trillion-plus mortgage system…
The coronavirus pandemic, as this is being written, is still on the upswing in the number of reported cases, but has quickly caused a financial and economic crisis. And while…