A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Housing affordability – or, perhaps more accurately, the lack thereof – has quietly become a major issue in this year’s presidential election. I am using the word “quietly” because for too long the subject has not been talked about by the White...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: If Donald Trump resumes the presidency in 2025, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will be out of a job come 2026. In an interview on Friday with Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo, the former president said he would not reappoint Powell to...
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has accused the Biden administration of using the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) as part of its re-election efforts to win the support of the housing industry. In an editorial titled “Biden’s New Gift to the Housing...
The Green New Deal’s impact on home builders, an FHLB expansion to include nonbanks, and a historic church’s upcoming date with a wrecking ball. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the hits and misses for the real estate week of Nov. 6-10. Hit: DOE,...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the challenges facing the housing market, with the candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination offering a plan to expand access to homeownership with a new program. In a video posted to his social media pages, Kennedy...