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On Demand Webinar from UNC’s Tax Center on State Response to the Pandemic

Death and Taxes

Join us on December 8, 2020, from 1-2:30 p.m EST for Tax Policy and Planning: How States Propose to Bridge COVID-19 Revenue Shortfall. CPE credits, is the first in a series of tax policy webcasts jointly hosted by the Kenan Institute-affiliated UNC Tax Center and the AICPA. This webinar, which provides 1.5

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Freddie Mac’s Second Mortgage Pilot: Should the Taxpayer Subsidize Equity Extraction Lending?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

8 According to the FHFA house price index, from 2020 Q1 to 2024 Q1, house prices (seasonally adjusted) have increased by 49 percent. However, there is no such restriction by the terms of the pilot. 7 The GSEs have obviously already taken one step in this direction by offering cash-out refis. This issue is discussed more fully below.

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The GSEs and the Second Trump Administration: Ten Possible Mortgage Program and Policy Changes to Expect (Part 2 of 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

4] The relevant Trump II policy objectives I have identified nine policy objectives that are both likely to be important to officials in the Trump II administration and relevant for shaping GSE mortgage policies and programs. Reform or eliminate specific targeted credit access programs (e.g.,

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