Tag: Housing

The two engaged in a tense back-and-forth over a 2016 program started by Watt to reduce the balances of delinquent home loan borrowers. (AP)

Mel Watt squares off against Elizabeth Warren: ‘Unfair and untrue and unjust’

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2017 5:47 pm

Mel Watt, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, told a panel of senators Thursday that the government-sponsored enterprises will see their capital buffer reduced to zero under law by the start of next year, leaving the companies at the mercy of markets. (Drew Angerer/Bloomberg)

Regulator warns Fannie, Freddie may need to draw on Treasury funds next year

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2017 2:48 pm

A migrant rescued from a rubber boat by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO, in the Mediterranean sea, about 56 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, on April 6. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

All the geopolitics creating the disaster in the Mediterranean

Washington Examiner Staff · May 8, 2017 4:01 am

For Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, a former banker, overhauling the bailed-out mortgage giants is a personal priority. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fixing Fannie and Freddie won’t be any easier for the Trump team

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2017 12:00 pm

Republicans are preparing to attempt the massive undertaking of overhauling the U.S. housing finance market. (AP Photo/File)

Fannie, Freddie regulator to testify as GOP eyes reform

Joseph Lawler · May 3, 2017 10:43 pm

In this March 24, 2009 file photo, a sign lies on the ground in front of a foreclosed home in Homestead, Fla. In Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami, the city complained that banks during the subprime crisis intentionally lent to minority ethnicity borrowers using riskier loans that led to foreclosures and vacancies. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)

Supreme Court rules cities can go after big banks under Fair Housing Act

Ryan Lovelace · May 1, 2017 4:01 pm

The Trump administration has faced criticism for its slow pace of filling vacant positions within the government. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump names two deputy secretaries

Sarah Bedford · April 28, 2017 2:52 pm

First Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin bought a $12.6-million home. Then Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross followed with one (pictured) for $10.75 million. (Screengrab/MRIS)

Trump’s super-rich Cabinet is shaking up DC’s housing market

akin-oyedele, Business Insider · April 27, 2017 4:34 pm

Doubling the standard deduction would reduce the value of the mortgage interest deduction, groups say. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Housing industry pans Trump tax plan

Joseph Lawler · April 26, 2017 10:16 pm

The Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade group that represents small banks, released a plan Tuesday for reforming Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Community bankers call for Fannie, Freddie to be released from government

Joseph Lawler · April 25, 2017 2:22 pm

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Trump picks National Labor Relations Board chair, assistant secretaries

Anna Giaritelli · April 22, 2017 12:43 am

Ben Carson gets stuck in elevator in Miami

Caitlin Yilek · April 12, 2017 12:55 pm