EconomyCommentary
The Senate may move forward this week on an energy bill that would result in more government meddling and wasting taxpayer dollars on activities better… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Seven years after the housing market collapse, the housing market continued a lopsided recovery in 2015. Overall, the housing market was stalled by a combination… Read More
EconomyNews
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Department of Housing and Urban Development provided a $9.4-million loan guarantee to renovate an apartment complex here eight months after the owner… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The U.S. inspector general estimates that 25,226 households occupying public housing units exceed the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD)’s 2014 eligibility income limits. In… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Next month will mark seven years of federal government conservatorship of the two government-sponsored mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. To cap off this… Read More
EconomyCommentary
More than six years out from a government-driven housing bubble, the chief regulator at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Mel Watt, and the Department of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Revealing just how difficult it is for politicians to learn from even recent history, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Julian Castro, is… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
The Federal Housing Administration, a primary government mortgage insurance guarantee agency, is leading a renewed push for government-insured “affordable” home loans. In an attempt to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A government agency wants to roll back penalties on banks that make errors when providing mortgages backed by government. If a loan is backed by… Read More
EconomyNews
NASHVILLE — U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is pushing for legislation to create a federal entity to regulate the housing market, six years after the… Read More
