Tag: Housing

"Some believe it was too easy to get a home loan. Today it's too hard," said Castro. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

New HUD chief: Mortgage credit too tight

Joseph Lawler · September 16, 2014 8:55 pm

"The community service and self-sufficiency requirement is intended to assist adult public housing residents in improving their own economic and social well-being and to give these residents a greater stake in their communities," said the Department of Housing and Urban Development's inspector general. (iStock)

No work for public housing residents

Mark Tapscott · September 16, 2014 3:57 pm

In this Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 photo, Myles Griffin, 74, poses for a photograph in front of his home in Philadelphia. Griffin has lived with his wife for 40 years in their three-bedroom row home and after retiring three years ago, the couple signed up for a reverse mortgage in May. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Once-troubled reverse mortgages poised for rebound

Hope Yen · September 15, 2014 11:45 pm

In this photo made on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, signs welcome visitors to a model home as construction is under way at a housing development in Zelienople, Pa. Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose slightly this week but remained near their lows for the year. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Average US 30-year mortgage rate at 4.12 percent

Washington Examiner · September 11, 2014 3:28 pm

Federal regulators expect to finish writing this year a long-overdue mortgage regulation that was one of the most important provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law. (iStock Photo)

Regulators hope to finish major mortgage rule this year

Joseph Lawler · September 9, 2014 4:18 pm

A look at the legal doctrine of disparate impact

The Associated Press · September 6, 2014 12:50 pm

Housing bias dispute could return to Supreme Court

Sam Hananel · September 6, 2014 12:48 pm

The measure would phase out Fannie and Freddie and replace them with a private insurance system with a government backstop. (iStock)

Senate bill to end Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac would save $60 billion

Joseph Lawler · September 5, 2014 8:21 pm

Ex-housing director admits taking $1.5M in bribes

Washington Examiner · September 5, 2014 9:44 am

Foot-dragging by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has stalled a nonprofit group's investigation into whether millions of dollars spent to refurbish a Boston public housing development have fixed more than a decade of maintenance issues and health hazards.

HUD stalling conceals health, safety complaints in public housing

Mark Flatten · September 3, 2014 7:00 pm

Townhouse for sale in Santa Clarita, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Conservative analysts warn of growing Fannie and Freddie

Joseph Lawler · September 3, 2014 9:00 am

In May, FHFA Director Mel Watt signaled that he would reverse course from his predecessor, Edward DeMarco, and steer the agency away from shrinking Fannie and Freddie's market footprint and toward expanding mortgage credit to more families. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac regulator aims to boost low-income lending

Joseph Lawler · September 2, 2014 4:34 pm