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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Topics: FHA

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Economics, Financial Services

Qualified Mortgage rule is a trap for the unwary

Peter J. Wallison | March 4, 2013, 9:40 am

Here’s a scary thought: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray—and  whoever is writing his speeches—doesn’t understand the Qualified Mortgage rule or its implications for lenders. In a recent speech to the Credit Union National Association reported in the … read more >

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Economics, U.S. Economy

FHA: Reform or illusion of reform?

Edward Pinto | March 1, 2013, 9:25 am

Recently, FHA Commissioner Carol Galante has been extolling the FHA’s efforts at underwriting reform and to shrink its competition with the private sector. For example, with respect to loans greater than $625,500: “The combination of a higher down payment and … read more >

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Economics, Financial Services

National Association of Realtors continues to oppose FHA reform

Edward Pinto | February 28, 2013, 9:23 am

Today, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) will be running its third ad presenting what it calls “FHA Facts“. The NAR apparently supports the FHA’s decades-long loan insurance nightmare that has resulted in an estimated 3.2 million dashed homeowner dreams … read more >

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Economics, Regulation

How could FHA have contributed to the housing bust?

Edward Pinto | February 14, 2013, 3:33 pm

FHA/HUD was not an innocent bystander. It was the arsonist in the Great Housing Conflagration of 2006-2011, responsible for the greatest wealth destruction in modern history. read more >

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Economics, U.S. Economy

The facts on the National Association of Realtors (NAR)

Edward Pinto | February 11, 2013, 11:47 am

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) exists to preserve the free enterprise system and protect home ownership in America for today and tomorrow. Is this fact or fable? For 90 years the NAR (and its predecessor organization) has supported expanding … read more >

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Economics, U.S. Economy

National Association of Realtors tries to present FHA myths as ‘facts’

Edward Pinto | February 6, 2013, 9:22 am

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is at it again. Not being satisfied with the FHA’s decades-long lending nightmare that resulted in an estimated 3.2 million dashed homeowner dreams since 1975, it is launching a new ad campaign entitled “FHA … read more >

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Economics, U.S. Economy

CFPB’s new ‘qualified mortgage’ rule: The devil is in the details

Edward Pinto | January 10, 2013, 3:30 pm

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) promises its new “qualified mortgage” regulation will “protect consumers from irresponsible mortgage lending.” Twenty years ago, Congress passed the inaptly named 1992 “Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act” and promised it would … read more >

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Economics, Financial Services

Who is the Scrooge?

Edward Pinto | December 26, 2012, 1:28 pm

The WSJ on December 24 had a front page story entitled “Push for Cheaper Credit Hits Wall”. The story’s main theme is that “economists posit that banks are keeping rates artificially high, boosting profits and depriving the economy of the … read more >

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Economics, U.S. Economy

Would the FHA Fiscal Solvency Act of 2012 make fundamental reform more or less likely?

Edward Pinto | December 17, 2012, 11:06 am

As the Senate considers passage of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Fiscal Solvency Act of 2012 (passed by the House in September), the central question is whether passage would make the achievement of fundamental FHA reform more or less likely? read more >

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Economics, U.S. Economy

Mission misfire: 50 years of failure at the FHA

Edward Pinto | December 14, 2012, 3:16 pm

Since 1962, the FHA has been selling the American Dream of home ownership, but delivering despair. For fifty years, commentators have pointed out how FHA’s poorly designed underwriting policies result in financing failure for working-class families and a plague of … read more >

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