Ron Henderson Gov't Affairs Co-Chair for the California Association of Mortgage Professionals gives an update applicable to the regulatory environment for real estate and mortgages as of November 17, 2017. If you are in the Los Angeles area, have any questions or real estate sales or financing ... » Learn More about California Association Of Mortgage Professionals Legislative Update November 17 2017
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History Shows California Taxes for Affordable Housing Won’t Be Spent Properly
Governor Brown recently signed off on numerous bills that will theoretically do four things to help the California housing affordability crisis. Cut some developers red tape, put teeth in the California "Housing Element Law" requiring local municipalities to get out of the way of housing development ... » Learn More about History Shows California Taxes for Affordable Housing Won’t Be Spent Properly
Fed Decision Wednesday to Not Increase Fed Funds Rate, Nothing Compared to Planned Quantitative Tightening to Affect Mortgages
The Fed’s decision to not increase the Fed Funds Rate from the 1-1.25% range was no surprise. It did shock the financial markets that they aren’t going to kick the can down the road, and will start to do their Quantitative Tightening this October. Here are the facts to wrap your head ... » Learn More about Fed Decision Wednesday to Not Increase Fed Funds Rate, Nothing Compared to Planned Quantitative Tightening to Affect Mortgages
California Housing Update / The Housing Crisis – California Economic Forecast
Last week I attended the 2017 Entrepreneur Economic Forecast Conference covering the 2018 Los Angeles / Ventura County's Economic Outlook. The following analysis from the consulting firm emphases the housing supply and demand malfunction, and the local governments obstructions in fulfilling the ... » Learn More about California Housing Update / The Housing Crisis – California Economic Forecast
The Government Regulations & Dodd Frank Miss the Real Target on Avoiding Another Mortgage Meltdown
Instead of the government taking a scalpel to the problems that created the economic meltdown and mortgage backed security issues in 2007, they did a shotgun blast, and missed the target. Yes, there was plenty of blame to go around that created the Great Recession. Banks underwriting not doing ... » Learn More about The Government Regulations & Dodd Frank Miss the Real Target on Avoiding Another Mortgage Meltdown