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...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Over the past couple of weeks, there have been a number of forecasts about where the U.S. economy in general – and the housing market, in particular – will be heading in 2024. There are a few easy predictions that I can make. For starters, I can...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: On Nov. 12, 2009, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) sponsored a seminar Washington, D.C., entitled “Is it Possible to Reprivatize the U.S. Financial System?” At the time, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
On July 30, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), which established the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). One provision of that act gave the FHFA authority to place its regulated entities into conservatorship...
Canada burns while America chokes, a lone voice calling for GSE reform and a blip of good news on affordable homeownership. Looking into the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for this week. Miss: Trudeau Fiddles While Canada Burns. Most...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
