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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

November 28, 2014

Accurately Measuring Mortgage Availability

By David Reiss

The Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center has posted a research report, Measuring Mortgage Credit Availability Using Ex-Ante Probability of Default. This report tackles an important subject: How to strike a balance between credit availability and risk to achieve a … Continue reading

July 8, 2014

Independent Foreclosure Review: Case Closed?

By David Reiss

The Federal Reserve Board issued its Independent Foreclosure Review. By way of background, Between April 2011 and April 2012, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”), and … Continue reading