A fight over the Fed, an upcoming exodus of Canadians returning going home, and a growing wave of property tax reform efforts. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 25-29. Miss: How Not to Lower Interest Rates....
The editorial board of the Wall Street Journal took a harsh aim at Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), for using Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to target President Trump’s political foes with mortgage fraud accusations while failing to...
The battle for control of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors continued on multiple fronts this morning as Fed Gov. Lisa Cook sued President Trump for his attempt to fire her while Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte claimed he is going to be a...
Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook received a spirited defense from one of her central bank colleagues and bitter insinuations of guilt from Trump administration officials while Republicans in the Senate are not taking sides on the matter. Speaking this morning on CNBC,...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: President Trump made history last night when he announced he was firing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook based on a criminal referral made by Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, that claimed Cook engaged in mortgage fraud...