Treasury Lays Out Options to Overhaul Housing Finance System, Unwind Government-Sponsored Enterprises
February 16, 2011 in Banking Report · Leave a Comment
The Treasury Department released a set of housing policy options Feb. 11 that would slowly dissolve government-sponsored housing finance enterprises (GSE) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and transition to a much smaller and explicit federal guarantee role for the mortgage market…
New Kind of Rulewriting Foreseen as Reform Focus Shifts to Implementation
August 3, 2010 in Banking Report · Leave a Comment
A different kind of rulewriting process may be in store as federal regulators gear up to implement the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act…
Senate Set to Resume Voting on Financial Reform with Tough Proprietary Trading, Capital Proposals
May 11, 2010 in Banking Report · Leave a Comment
The Senate May 11 will again take up the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S. 3217) as a multitude of amendments await action, including calls for more limits on proprietary trading…
2010 OUTLOOK — MORTGAGES: Changes to Home Affordable Modification Program, Government-Sponsored Enterprise Plan Expected as Housing Woes Continue
January 27, 2010 in Banking Report · Leave a Comment
With mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures showing no signs of abating in 2010, housing policy experts and the mortgage industry are closely watching the…
