Today’s guest column is by Emily Hamilton, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. This article is adapted and edited from testimony delivered this week before the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance of the US House...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a lawsuit against Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, claiming the company was “setting families up to fail when they borrowed money to buy a manufactured home.” Maryville, Tennessee-based Vanderbilt originates...
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) has published plans to extend housing access in rural underserved markets, enhance their support for...
Chicago-headquartered Alliant Credit Union has rolled out SBL Edge, a lending platform designed for small balance commercial real estate borrowers in the multifamily, manufactured housing and self-storage sectors. According to Alliant, owners of stabilized properties...
A bizarre attack on a major mortgage company, an about-face by the Federal Reserve and a luxury retailer is coming to San Francisco. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the Hits and Misses for the week of April 1-5. Miss: A Strange Hit-Job Against...