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Wednesday, May 29, 2013 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Christopher S. "Kit" Bond Home sales in Missouri are up more than 9 percent from last year. While this progress is good news, it is essential we look at...
View ArticleSenators Draft Plan to Abolish Fannie Mae, Shrink Backstop
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 Bloomberg Clea Benson A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is putting the final touches on a bill that would liquidate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (FMCC) and replace them with a...
View ArticleAshley McCormack
Administrative Assistant Ashley McCormack is an administrative assistant for the Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) Housing Commission. Prior to joining BPC, she worked as a personal chef and caterer in...
View ArticleBipartisan Policy Center to Call for Housing Finance Reform at June 17 Event
Thursday, June 6, 2013 Former FHFA Director James Lockhart and Lewis S. Ranieri, “father” of the securitized mortgage market, will headline event Ashley Berrangaberrang@bipartisanpolicy.org...
View ArticleHousing Expert Forum: Consumer Knowledge and Protection
Welcome to the BPC Housing Commission expert forum! This forum is intended to foster interactive and substantive discussion about pressing housing issues. Each month contributors from different parts...
View ArticlePre-Purchase Counseling Benefits Banks and Homeowners
Monday, June 10, 2013 American Banker Colleen Hernandez The housing industry apparently is flirting with sparking another crisis even before the fallout from the last crisis is successfully cleaned...
View ArticleFannie Mae, Freddie Mac move up on Congress’s to-do list
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 POLITICO Jon Prior For the first time since the government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nearly five years ago, there are signs that Congress and the administration are...
View ArticleBipartisan Group Embraces FDIC-Like System for Mortgages
Monday, February 25, 2013 American Banker Victoria Finkle A bipartisan group of former lawmakers has offered an outline for a plan to reform the government-sponsored enterprises, embracing a...
View ArticleGeorge Mitchell on U.S. Housing Market
Bloomberg George Mitchell, co-chairman of the Bipartisan Policy Center and a former U.S. Democratic Senator from Maine, talks about the center's release today of a report on the outlook for the U.S....
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