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Housing Complete Archives

Mortgage Mediation Wins Another Supporter | January 12, 2012

Time to Get Serious About the Housing Market | January 9, 2012

Consumers Matter in Mortgage-Servicing Compensation Decision | December 20, 2011

How “Occupy Our Homes” Speaks to Communities of Color | December 20, 2011

Too Early to Sound the FHA Alarm | December 12, 2011

Perspectives on the Health of the FHA Single-Family Insurance Fund | December 1, 2011

Housing Refinancing Reforms Still Needed | November 22, 2011

Filling the Financing Gap in the Housing Market | November 22, 2011

Why Treasury Should Extend the New Issue Bond Program | November 8, 2011

The Private Mortgage Market Investment Act | November 3, 2011

Refinancing At-Risk Homeowners | October 24, 2011

Rehabilitate to Rent | October 12, 2011

Renting Our Way Out of the Foreclosure Glut | September 20, 2011

Renting Our Way Past the Home Foreclosure Crisis | August 11, 2011

Effective National Mortgage Servicing Standards Are Essential | August 8, 2011

The Need for Consumer Protection Laws for Homeowners | August 8, 2011

Putting People Back to Work Through Rehabbing and Renting Foreclosures | August 4, 2011

A Strong Housing System Relies on a Solid Foundation | July 27, 2011

Why Wallison Is Wrong About the Genesis of the U.S. Housing Crisis | July 12, 2011

La inacción del Congreso | July 1, 2011

Federal Debt Freeze Disaster Looming for Housing Market | June 20, 2011

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA: Taxpayer Exposure in the Housing Market | June 2, 2011

Don’t Raise the Federal Debt Ceiling, Torpedo the U.S. Housing Market | May 24, 2011

New Source of Mortgage Mediation Funds | May 17, 2011

Qualifying for a Piece of the American Dream | April 21, 2011

Federal Mortgage Servicing Settlement Scoops States | April 14, 2011

A Shutdown Risks Crippling Still-Recovering Housing Markets | April 8, 2011

Foreclosure Mediation Going Forward | April 6, 2011

Public Proposals for the Future of the Housing Finance System | March 29, 2011

Rulemaking Could Crimp the American Dream: Broad Homeownership on the Line in Washington This Week | March 29, 2011

The Perils of Privatizing the U.S. Mortgage Finance System | March 29, 2011

Why the Term ‘Qualified Residential Mortgage’ Matters | March 10, 2011

GSE Reform: Immediate Steps to Protect Taxpayers and End the Bailout | February 9, 2011

Faulty Conclusions Based on Shoddy Foundations | February 8, 2011

Helping All of Our Homeless | January 31, 2011

Talking It Up | January 31, 2011

A Responsible Market for Housing Finance | January 27, 2011

The Latest Mortgage Mediation Lesson | January 19, 2011

What the Fair Credit Reporting Act Should Teach Us About Mortgage Servicing | January 18, 2011

Homeowners Are Consumers, Too | December 23, 2010

Future of Housing Finance Reform | November 19, 2010

Stopping Foreclosures amid Mortgage Modifications | November 19, 2010

Mediation Promotes Justice in Foreclosure | November 17, 2010

The Power of the President | November 16, 2010

Walk the Talk | November 8, 2010

Future of Housing Finance Reform | November 5, 2010

A Responsible Market for Rental Housing Finance | October 25, 2010

Clearing the Foreclosure Crisis: Foreclosure Mediation Can Reduce Uncertainty | October 25, 2010

Bankers Should Take Personal Responsibility for the Foreclosure Mess | October 11, 2010

The Fix Is Over: Mortgage Foreclosure Scandal Offers New Hope for Homeowners | October 8, 2010

Reforming Housing Finance | September 27, 2010

True North | August 26, 2010

Look Beyond the GSEs in Housing Reform Debate | August 11, 2010

Private Mortgage Insurance's Role in Housing Finance | July 29, 2010

Making the Community Reinvestment Act More Effective | July 20, 2010

Now We’re Talking | June 29, 2010

Lending a Hand to Underwater Homeowners | April 14, 2010

Homeownership Done Right | April 1, 2010

A Welcome Foreclosure Plan | March 30, 2010

Housing Finance: What Should the New System Be Able to Do? | March 23, 2010

Sustainable Homeownership | February 26, 2010

Infographic: How to Create Green Rental Homes | February 25, 2010

Slowing Price Declines Are Good News for FHA | February 25, 2010

A Path to Homeownership | February 24, 2010

An Untapped Source of Green Rental Homes | February 23, 2010

Fourth and Inches | January 28, 2010

Location, Location, Location | January 26, 2010

A Responsible Market for Housing Finance | December 14, 2009

Jobs for Today, Jobs for the Future | December 3, 2009

Meeting the Jobs Challenge | December 2, 2009

One in Seven | December 2, 2009

Modifying Modifications | November 30, 2009

The Future of the Mortgage Market and the Housing Enterprises | October 8, 2009

The Danger of Untargeted Home Buying Credits | October 6, 2009

More Money, More Problems | September 15, 2009

Unequal Opportunity Lenders? | September 15, 2009

Grading on a Curve | August 4, 2009

Are Mortgage Companies to Blame for Lack of Foreclosure Progress? | July 28, 2009

Called to the Carpet | July 28, 2009

It's Time We Talked | June 22, 2009

Don’t Hamper Mortgage Modifications | April 10, 2009

Recommendations for the Public-Private Investment Program | April 9, 2009

Weekly Round Up March 16 - 20, 2009 | March 20, 2009

Examining the Making Home Affordable Program | March 19, 2009

Principles to Guide Development and Regulation of a Renewed Mortgage Finance System | March 18, 2009

Mortgage Finance: Progressive Solutions | March 18, 2009

Our House in the Middle of Our Street is No Longer Our House | March 16, 2009

Sustainable Mortgage Modifications | March 16, 2009

Saving American Homes 101 | March 3, 2009

At Last, Help for Homeowners | February 18, 2009

Time to Quarantine the Foreclosure Epidemic | January 8, 2009

Interactive Map: Helping States Deal with Foreclosures | December 19, 2008

Green Affordable Housing | December 17, 2008

Paulson Pushed Toward Solution | November 25, 2008

Defending the CRA | November 20, 2008

Rescusing the American Economy: Mortgages Are Troubled Assets | November 18, 2008

Homeownership Done Right | November 17, 2008

Restoring Financial and Housing Markets | November 14, 2008

Hank to Homeowners: Drop Dead | November 13, 2008

Next Steps to Resolve the Mortgage Crisis | October 29, 2008

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