The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), earlier in May…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator of the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, has also been the conservator of the…
What is the impact of the sharing economy, pioneered by companies such as Airbnb, on the housing market? In this paper, Sophie Calder-Wang estimates the welfare and…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on February 16 released its 2021 Scorecard for the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The scorecard…
Why do national trends in house prices spread more to some cities than to others? This paper proposes an explanation of house price contagion based on migration spillovers…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently announced and is seeking public comment on a proposed “living will” rule to apply to the two government-sponsored…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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November 19, 2020
This year, the COVID-19 pandemic, a powerful movement for racial justice, and the devastating impacts of climate change have combined to bring the nation’s longstanding…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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November 19, 2020
This year, the COVID-19 pandemic, a powerful movement for racial justice, and the devastating impacts of climate change have combined to bring the nation’s longstanding…
The GSE reform question, i.e. how should the government-sponsored enterprises of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac end their conservatorships, has proven to be one of the most…
The two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have just entered into their thirteenth year of conservatorship, despite its originally having been…
