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Commercial Real Estate Trade Association Names New Director of Legislative...
The CRE Finance Council has announced that Martin Schuh has joined the organization in the newly created position of director of legislative and regulatory policy. Schuh will be based in CREFC’s new...
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Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Inject Life Into Housing Market Through U.S. Covered...
U.S. Sens. Kay Hagan (D-NC) and Bob Corker (R-TN) were joined by Senate co-sponsors Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) in introducing legislation to support the development of a U.S. covered...
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Sen. Corker Introduces Bill to Wind Down GSEs
United States Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) has announced the introduction of the Residential Mortgage Market Privatization and Standardization Act to responsibly unwind the government-sponsored...
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FHA in the Red
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is expected to report its annual report to Congress on Friday ... one which paints a bleak picture of the agency's ongoing financial struggles. For the first...
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Sen. Corker Seeks Further Clarification on CFPB's QM
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (T-TN), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, has submitted a letter to six federal agencies, urging federal banking regulators to simplify and...
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Sen. Corker Praises FHA's Plans for Solvency
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) has announced his support of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) for following through on steps that Sen. Corker requested to get the Administration back to solvency....
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GSE Reform Target of New Bipartisan Bill
The future of the United States’ housing policy has taken center stage by members of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), highlighting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being in conservatorship....
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Housing Policy Council Makes Strong Push for Housing Reform
The Financial Services Roundtable’s Housing Policy Council (HPC) President John Dalton urged Congress to continue working toward bipartisan legislation that would reform the housing finance system and...
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Sens. Tester, Corker and Isakson Reinforce Role of Housing in American Economy
Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT), Bob Corker (R-TN) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) stressed that ongoing efforts to reform the U.S. tax code and overhaul the housing finance system should take into account the...
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Sens. Corker and Warner Discuss GSE Replacement Plan
Earlier this week, Sens. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) sat down with Zillow Chief Economist Dr. Stan Humphries to discuss their ideas of what the future of mortgage finance reform should...
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Janet Yellen to Follow Bernanke as Fed Reserve Chair
After Larry Summers withdrew his name from contention to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve, all eyes essentially fell on Janet Yellen, who was assumed to be thClick to continue
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Watt to Power FHFA Through Continued GSE Wind-Down
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