October 26, 2011 (Jeff Alan) With more than 1.4 million residential construction workers idled since April 2006 and with policy headwinds keeping home buyers on the sidelines and harming the economy, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is urging all presidential contenders to specify their policy proposals to spur the housing market. […]
May 27, 2011 (Chris Moore) House Republicans in the Financial Services Committee have drafted a bill that would raise the minimum down payment requirements on mortgage loans insured with the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) from 3.5 percent to 5 percent and one industry giant is pushing back. Read more...
April 1, 2011 (Chris Moore) Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate have introduced bills whose ultimate goal is to shrink the federal government’s role in the mortgage market. While the Obama Administration's three option proposal has been little heard from since it was first unveiled over a month ago, the GOP has [...]
March 24, 2011 (Jeff Alan) House Republican Jeb Hensarling of Texas has introduced the first bill to scale back Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and privatize the government-sponsored enterprises within the next five years. The bill calls for eliminating the government’s role in the two mortgage giants and the mortgage market. It also calls for [...]
