The Evolving Landscape of Social Housing in New England: What We Learned Wednesday, June 4, 2025 In mid-April, the Joint Center for Housing Studies brought together affordable housing developers, advocates, and policymakers for an event to reflect on the evolving landscape of social housing in... By CHRIS HERBERT, SUSANNE SCHINDLER
Housing Markets & Conditions America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic, Part 3: Q&A on the Ugly Fight over Servicer Advances Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4/16/20 – This version of the blog has been updated to reflect that there are policy requirements in... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic, Part 2: Extraordinary Support and Necessary Consequences Friday, April 3, 2020 As I wrote last week, in America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic: Ten Stress Points to... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic: Ten Stress Points to Watch Thursday, March 26, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic, as this is being written, is still on the upswing in the number of... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions The Freddie Mac G-Fee Discount: Update Monday, February 24, 2020 Last fall, I wrote a blog post entitled “ The Freddie Mac G-Fee Discount: Has the Single Security... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions The GSEs and the Economic Cycle: Realistic Expectations Wednesday, February 12, 2020 “The GSEs should be fully buying mortgages at all times, regardless of the state of the economy or... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Demystifying GSE Credit Risk Transfer: How, and How Well, Does It Work? Monday, February 3, 2020 Beginning in 2013, the two government-sponsored enterprises, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, began to... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Demystifying Credit Risk Transfer Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs), securitize mortgages... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Racialized Recovery: Postforeclosure Pathways in Boston’s Neighborhoods Monday, January 6, 2020 While many studies have shown that most foreclosures during the Great Recession occurred in minority... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions Treasury’s Long GSE Capital To-Do List Thursday, December 19, 2019 As the year ends, the momentum for the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Freddie Mac and... By DON LAYTON
