What legislative activity can we expect in 2020 in the area of housing finance reform? With the Senate kicking off the New Year with an impeachment trial, it is highly unlikely Congress will make much headway on housing...more
1/24/2020
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Fannie Mae ,
FHFA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Freddie Mac ,
GSE ,
Housing Finance Reform ,
Housing Market ,
Impeachment ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mortgages ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Senate Banking Committee ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
We continue to gauge the potential for Congress to act on the administration’s housing finance plan and/or pass their own before adjourning for the year. When Congress returned from August recess, members faced an ambitious...more
10/4/2019
/ Capital Requirements ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Donald Trump ,
Fannie Mae ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Freddie Mac ,
GSE ,
Housing Finance Reform ,
Housing Market ,
Impeachment ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mortgages ,
Preferred Stock Financing ,
Trump Administration
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing released the much-anticipated housing finance reform plan to reduce the government’s role in housing and end government control of both Fannie Mae and Freddie...more
9/20/2019
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Fannie Mae ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Committee ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Freddie Mac ,
GSE ,
Housing Finance Reform ,
Mortgages ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
U.S. Treasury
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters recently introduced the "Consumers First Act," H.R. 1500, a modified version of a bill she introduced in the last session of Congress when Mick Mulvaney was still...more
3/25/2019
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Services Committee ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Mortgages ,
Policy Management ,
Reversal ,
Trump Administration
The new 116th Congress convened on January 3, 2019, with members of Congress sworn into office. Although the first month was consumed by the partial government shutdown, Congressional committee assignments were finalized, and...more