Yearly Archives: 2016

The Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in PPH Corporation v. CFPB, a case dealing with the CFPB’s ability to order New Jersey mortgage-lending company PPH to pay a $109 million enforcement penalty after the corporation was found offering illegal kickbacks to mortgage insurance partners.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Lawrence S. “Larry” Roberts today announced that the Obama Administration has exceeded its goal of placing half a million acres of tribal homelands into trust for federally recognized tribes.

Today, on the 39th anniversary of the date the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter in 1977, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) President and CEO John Taylor made the following statement

Rising numbers of female executives, affluent immigrants, younger and older workers, and retirees will have a profound influence on community building in the U.S. over the next ten years, according to a new Urban Land Institute (ULI) report, Demographic Strategies for Real Estate.

The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency’s (DCHFA) Executive Director Todd A. Lee makes his first appointment of Fiscal Year 2017 by naming Christopher E. Donald, Director of Multifamily Lending and Neighborhood Investments (formerly the Public Finance department)

Student loan debt and high rent prices continue to worsen the homeownership outlook according to data from the fourth annual housing survey from NeighborWorks America. The national telephone survey found nearly one-third (30 percent) of Americans know someone who has delayed the purchase of a home because of student loan debt, up from 28 percent in 2015 and just 24 percent in 2014.

USGBC, conference partner of the 2016 Green Building Expo, announced today that Kay Killmann, president of the German Green Building Association (GGBA) and USGBC’s official business and education partner in Europe’s largest LEED market, will keynote the event.

Mortgage applications decreased 6.0 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 7, 2016.

The Washington State Housing Finance Commission has honored six individuals as “Friends of Housing” for their work to create, support and advocate for affordable housing in Washington state.

Today the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released Housing Spotlight: A Long Wait for a Home—a report that analyzes the current state of Housing Choice Vouchers and public housing waiting lists across the country. The report paints a bleak picture of an all-too-familiar situation facing families struggling with housing affordability—closed waiting lists and long waits for assistance.

Three years ago Superstorm Sandy caused mass destruction in the northeast. Today families are still recovering and looking to begin anew. An effort to help one of those families will officially commence October 27, as the Portland Cement Association (PCA), the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) and the Insurance Information Institute host a groundbreaking for the rebuilding the Hellriegel family home, which was destroyed in the 2012 storm.

As technology, the changing workforce and demand continue to evolve, over 200 commercial real estate executives from across North America will gather at O.CON: The Office Conference, November 1-2, at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza in Los Angeles, to explore trends in current and future office buildings, the impact of technologies like self-parking cars, innovative construction materials, the demand for flex space and more. An exclusive keynote with Julien Smith, CEO of Breather, an on-demand office-sharing app, will explore how technology and workplace trends are driving the evolution of traditional office space.

The American Land Title Association (ALTA), the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, announced that Daniel D. Mennenoh ITP, NTP has been installed as president for the 2016-2017 year.

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the States of North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes due to Hurricane Matthew. This week, President Obama issued a disaster declaration for the following counties

The American Land Title Association (ALTA), the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, released a new Spanish Language Suite as part of its industry education initiative, the Homebuyer Outreach Program (HOP).

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is bringing its highly successful Women’s Empowerment Series to the West Coast with Women’s Empowerment: Leaders in Solar Energy kicking off in San Francisco on Oct. 20. It comes on the heels of a standing room only event in Washington, D.C., earlier this year.

David H. Stevens, CMB, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), issued the following statement on the appellate court ruling which overturns the CFPB's $109 million fine against mortgage company PHH Corp

GRESB, an investor-driven organization that is transforming the way we assess the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of real assets globally, today released the data of the inaugural 2016 GRESB Infrastructure Assessment.