HUD is authorized to guarantee loans made by private lenders to Native Americans, Indian housing authorities or tribally designated housing entities, and tribes under the provisions of Section 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 and as amended by the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.
Read More »Inflation Rate and International Developments Are Areas of Economic Uncertainty
Rosengren said slack in the labor market, or excess supply, may exist despite the recent decline of the unemployment rate to 5.3 percent, which may be a reason why the inflation rate remains subdued. The employment-to-population ratio may be evidence of slack in the labor market, though some of the slack can be attributed to changes in demographics, according to the Boston Fed.
Read More »Like-Kind Exchanges in Real Estate Support Financial Growth and Economy
Among the reasons for participating in a like-kind transactions, survey respondents and their clients noted deferral of capital gains taxes, equity to acquire additional properties, estate planning, portfolio diversification, and completion of a development project.
Read More »Fed Governor Brainard Discusses New Tailored Regulatory Approach for Large Banks
A capital surcharge proposed by the Fed in December for eight U.S. banks that the Financial Stability Oversight Council designated as global systemically important banks is aimed at building additional resilience and lessening the chances of an institution's failure in proportion to risks the institution poses to the broader U.S. economy.
Read More »Witnesses at House Committee Hearing Testify of Dodd-Frank’s Adverse Effects
The hearing, titled "Dodd-Frank Five Years Later: Are We More Stable?" was the first in a series of three full Committee hearings to examine the impact Dodd-Frank has had on American consumers and the country's financial system and economy since President Obama signed it in to law in July 2010. The focus of Thursday's hearing was on how the 400 new regulations enacted in the 2,300-page law is a threat to the country's financial stability.
Read More »Freddie Mac Adds First Two Credit Insurance Structure Transactions
Freddie Mac obtained insurance policies through these ACIS transactions that move much of the remaining credit risk associated with two Structured Agency Credit Risk (STACR) debt notes executed earlier this year to a panel of insurers and reinsurers.
Read More »Lawmakers Debate ‘Too Big to Fail’ and Criteria for ‘Systemically Important’ Tag
Some members of the Subcommittee contended at the hearing that Dodd-Frank is codifying "too big to fail" by continuing to designate firms (both banks and non-banks) as SIFIs, therefore guaranteeing those firms a federal backstop should a financial crisis occur.
Read More »Distressed Sales Fall to Eight-Year Low
Pre-crisis, distressed sales usually hovered around 2 percent, the report stated. CoreLogic expects the numbers to return to this mark by mid-2017, a claim bolstered by the ongoing shift away from REO sales. REO sales made up 7.4 percent of total distressed sales in April, while short sales made up 3.7 percent.
Read More »Are First-Time Homebuyers a Bigger Risk? Yes and No
The author called first-time homebuyers “inherently different from repeat homebuyers. They are younger and have lower credit scores, lower home equity, and less income and, therefore, are less likely to withstand financial stress or take advantage of financial innovations available in the market than repeat homebuyers.”
Read More »Monitor Credits Chase With $3.3 Billion in Relief Toward Settlement Obligation
The report released Thursday includes Chase's self-reported gross consumer relief and the amount of consumer relief credit the bank claimed for the first quarter of 2015, an amount that has not yet been validated by Smith. According to Chase's internal review group, the bank provided 6,671 borrowers with an additional $2.31 million in creditable consumer relief during the first quarter of 2015.
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