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Will the GSEs Repeat 2007 - 2009’s Large Losses?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The housing market has just experienced one of the largest upcycles in history. First, house prices increased by 57 percent 1 over the nearly nine years from their post-financial crisis bottom (2011 Q2) through the last quarter before the pandemic (2020 Q1). This rapid ascent was driven by multiple factors.

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The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority outbids Wall Street to buy houses in Cincinnati

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Playhouse Square Development Corporation, and Jubilee Housing of Baltimore (focused on live work housing) are particularly good examples. Sadly, wrt the Purple Line I first suggested this in 2007. Housing market, venture capital and single family housing as rentals.

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Nonbank Mortgage Servicers: Proposing a Better Path to Reduce Their Risk to Financial Stability

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

This means the far bigger influence comes from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that are currently under the control 11 of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). 1 FSOC was created by the Dodd-Frank Act in response to certain regulatory failings revealed by the financial crisis of 2007-2009.

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

Once-thriving middle-class neighborhoods with much history, shops, solid housing stock, and cultural treasures transitioned almost overnight into vacant and abandoned streets and retail strips. This number rose to 8,700 in 2003, 9,700 in 2004, 13,943 in 2006, and 14,946 in 2007. The trend continued for the next several years.

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Introduction The high level of closing costs has been placed onto housing policy’s front burner by two recent events. This could significantly increase affordability, especially for FTHBs, and make housing transactions generally more cost-effective for both buyers and sellers. 3 In the modern era, U.S.

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Closing Cost Reform: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Introduction President Biden recently addressed the pressing issue of housing affordability in his recent State of the Union (SOTU) speech, announcing several initiatives to tackle it. Together, these two events make clear that closing costs are moving to the front burner of housing policy. So, this is still an evolving situation.)

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Strategies for Landing Your Dream Job in Parks & Recreation

Let's Talk Parks

The housing market crisis had just occurred in 2007, and I graduated in 2009. You’re demonstrating yourself as responsible, accountable, and having good communication skills. They’ve had several interviews, and they just can’t land that job. So the workforce was still kind of feeling those effects.