Media Coverage
2013
Housing Taking a Turn to the Upside?
Fox Business (January 25, 2013)
In Deal, Bank of America Extends Retreat From Mortgages
New York Times (January 7, 2013)
Big Banks Settle Mortgage Hangover
Wall Street Journal (January 7, 2013)
Bank of America Puts to Bed Claims from Housing Crisis, While Retreating from Market
Washington Post (January 7, 2013)
Lessons Learned from HAMP
Housing Wire Magazine (January 2013)
2012
Why Freddie Mac Resisted Refis
ProPublica (October 25, 2012)
US Housing Policy Experts Say GSE Reform Will Have To Wait
MNI (October 2, 2012)
Mortgage Finance System Overhaul Way Down the Road
The Hill (October 2, 2012)
Romney's Housing Plan Looks a Lot Like Obama's
Bloomberg Businessweek (September 24, 2012)
On the House: U.S. Approach to Easing Foreclosures a Disappointment
Philadelphia Inquirer (September 23, 2012)
Mortgage Servicers Dropped the Ball, Study Says
Chicago Tribune (September 20, 2012)
Special Servicers: Answer to Mortgage Industry Woes?
CBS News (September 20, 2012)
Did Bank Delays Cause 800,000 Foreclosures?
MSN Money (September 17, 2012)
Housing Crisis Remains Untamed, but Party Platforms Pay Little Attention to Solutions
Washington Post (September 14, 2012)
Study: Home Modification Program Falls Short
CBS News (September 13, 2012)
Foreclosure Fail: Study Pins Blame on Big Banks
ProPublica (September 12, 2012); see also related coverage from Huffington Post, the Atlantic (also featured on Yahoo), and the Consumerist
Can the Middle Class Thrive Without Home Ownership?
Fortune (September 11, 2012)
Help for New Jersey's Mortgage Crisis?
NJ Spotlight (September 11, 2012)
Paper: Why Obama’s Loan Modification Program Fell Short
Wall Street Journal (September 5, 2012)
Government Foreclosure Rescue Efforts Fall Short
The Niche Report (September 5, 2012)
Democrats (Almost) Silent on Housing at the Convention
Bloomberg Businessweek (September 5, 2012)
Putting Numbers to HAMP's Limited Impact
Bloomberg Businessweek (August 31, 2012)
The Raft for an Underwater Housing Market
MN2020 Hindsight (July 31, 2012)
Hasty Loan Denials of HARP Refinance Applications Mislead Thousands of Discouraged Underwater Homeowners
PR Web (July 24, 2012)
Expanding Refinances Could Save Billions for Homeowners
Center for Responsible Lending (June 27, 2012)
Fed Wrestles With How Best to Bridge U.S. Credit Divide
Wall Street Journal (June 19, 2012)
Housing Market Crawls Back
Wall Street Journal (May 29, 2012)
Principal Reductions Won’t Solve the Mortgage Mess
Bloomberg (May 17, 2012)
Potential Broad-Based Refi Plan Aims To Level Playing Field; Increase Home Prices
Mortgage News Daily (May 9, 2012)
HUD: 750,000 borrowers helped with Obama refi plan
MarketWatch (May 8, 2012)
More Refinance Help on Horizon for Fannie, Freddie Homeowners?
US News and World Report (April 25, 2012)
Two Democratic senators push to streamline, speed refinancing process
The Hill (April 25, 2012)
Continued Job Growth Will Help Housing Industry
NPR (April 23, 2012)
Did the White House use ‘fuzzy math’ on the bailout? Not really.
Washington Post (April 20, 2012)
When homeowners refinance, it’s good for business
Boston Globe (April 20, 2012)
Experts Discuss Housing Crisis, Solutions
Columbia Business School (April 10, 2012)
Is Mortgage-Debt Forgiveness Worth the ‘Moral Hazard’?
Wall Street Journal (April 2, 2012)
Rents Keep Rising, Even as Housing Prices Fall
New York Times (February 24, 2012)
States Negotiate $26 Billion Agreement for Homeowners
New York Times (February 8, 2012)
Freddie Mac Betting Against Struggling Homeowners
National Public Radio (January 30, 2012)
Treasury Investigates Freddie Mac Investment
The New York Times (January 30, 2012)
Obama Answers Bernanke Plea With Refinancing Plan: Mortgages
Bloomberg Business Week (January 25, 2012)
A new stimulus: Have Wall Street bail out Main Street
CNN Money (January 18, 2012)
Time to consider mass mortgage refinancings
The Washington Post (January 17, 2012)
Remodeling Homeowner Incentives: A Plan to Revive the Housing Market by Replacing Mortgage Interest Deductions with Tax Credits
The Huffington Post (January 17, 2012)
2011
Obama Administration Expands Mortgage Assistance Program
The Takeaway (October 25, 2011)
Refinancing Revamp Planned
SmartMoney (October 24, 2011)
How much would mass refinancing do for the economy?
The Washington Post (October 19, 2011)
Steven Pearlstein: How about Refi.gov?
The Washington Post (September 17, 2011)
How Mortgage Refinancing Could Help Spur Economy
National Public Radio (September 7, 2011)
How To Save The Housing Market: Destroy Houses
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Time Magazine (September 7, 2011)
Mortgage Refinancing Could Jumpstart Economy
Wall Street Journal video (August 29, 2011)
Obama Considers New Housing Solutions
National Public Radio (August 27, 2011)
One Final Bailout That Still May Happen
U.S. News & World Report (August 26, 2011)
A Lifeline for Underwater Homeowners
New York Times (August 25, 2011)
U.S. May Back Refinance Plan for Mortgages
New York Times (August 24, 2011)
Can housing policy be an effective stimulus?
The Washington Post (August 23, 2011)
Banks Block Obama's Mortgage Stimulus Plan
Bloomberg (August 16, 2011)
Low Rates Alone Not Seen Reviving Housing Market
National Public Radio (August 15, 2011)
2010
How Underwater Mortgages Can Float the Economy
New York Times op-ed: by R. Glenn Hubbard and Christopher Mayer (September 18, 2010)
Debt Forgiveness Key in Plan to Curb Foreclosures
National Public Radio (March 26, 2010)
B of A to help underwater homeowners
National Public Radio Marketplace (March 24, 2010)
2009
How to Modify Securitized Mortgages
Seeking Alpha (March 21, 2009)
Obama housing fix too timid?
Los Angeles Times (February 27, 2009)
Proposal Is Heavy on Incentives to Modify Loans
Wall Street Journal (February 19, 2009)
Obama's Savior-Based Housing Plan
U.S. News & World Report (February 18, 2009)
The good and bad in Obama's foreclosure plan
The Atlantic (February 18, 2009)
Fixing Foreclosures: Lots Of Plans, Murky Strategy
CNBC (February 12, 2009)
How to save the housing market
The Atlantic (February 4, 2009)
Beyond the age of leverage: new banks must arise
Financial Times (February 2, 2009)
Are 4% mortgages the answer?
Time Magazine Blog (February 2, 2009)
Fixing Foreclosures: 'How Far Are We Going to Go?'
CNBC (January 23, 2009)
Mortgage Crisis: Will Loan Mods Bring Relief?
BusinessWeek (January 23, 2009)
Obama Has No Quick Fix for Banks
New York Times (January 20, 2009)
More Thoughts on How to Fix the Housing Crisis
Time Magazine Blog (January 15, 2009)
Columbia Profs Tackle Loan Mods
HousingWire (January 12, 2009)
Loan servicers should get incentives to modify mortgages, experts say
Los Angeles Times (January 11, 2009)
Why Servicers Matter (Audio)
WNYC (January 8, 2009)
FDIC loan plan called too expensive
San Diego Source (January 7, 2009)
Columbia profs: Incentivize servicers to modify mortgages
Los Angeles Times Blog (January 7, 2009)
Pay lenders to stem foreclosures: report
Reuters (January 7, 2009)
2008
New York, Boston Prices Expected to Fall Further (subscription required)
Wall Street Journal (December 31, 2008)
Low-Interest Mortgages Are the Answer
Wall Street Journal (December 17, 2008)
New $3 Trillion Bailout Is Coming to the Masses
Bloomberg (December 15, 2008)
Obama Team Boosts Paulson Proposal to Spur U.S. Home Purchases
Bloomberg (December 12, 2008)
Mortgage Finance Officials Defend Actions on Risky Loans
Voice of America (December 10, 2008)
Washington’s New Tack: Helping Homeowners
The New York Times (December 4, 2008)
U.S. Eyes Plan to Lift Home Sales
Wall Street Journal (December 4, 2008)
Treasury’s 4.5 Percent Mortgage Plan Analyzed
NPR’s All Things Considered (December 4, 2008)
A New Proposal to Lower Mortgage Rates
American Public Media’s Marketplace Morning Report (December 4, 2008)
Treasury Weighs Plan To Cut U.S. Mortgage Rates
NPR’s Morning Edition (December 4, 2008)
Home Builders Make Plea for Federal Aid
Wall Street Journal (November 24, 2008)
How Obama can energise the economy
Financial Times (November 19, 2008)
7 Ways for Obama to Save the Housing Market
U.S. News and World Report (November 14, 2008)
A helping hand to homeowners
The Economist (October 23, 2008)
First, Let's Stabilize Home Prices
Wall Street Journal (October 2, 2008)
