finance reform

• Senate Hearing Will Address Secondary Mortgage Market Reform

  May 14, 2013

  Panel to take up housing finance reform with a focus on private investments.

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  Rep. Mel Watt’s Long Odds Involve More Than Just Principal Forgiveness

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 2, 2013

  North Carolina congressman's nomination to FHFA top spot prompts careful comments from trades.

• GSE Reform Advances

  By David Morrison  |  March 8, 2013

  The Federal Housing Finance Agency, the regulator and manager of government-owned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is poised to start to restructure the secondary mortgage market whether credit unions, banks or legislators are ready or not.

• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Consolidate Securitization

  By David Morrison  |  March 5, 2013

  Two secondary mortgage giants will begin work on their replacement.

• These Three Articles Offer an In-Depth Look at 2013 Congress and Credit Unions

  By Heather Anderson  |  January 16, 2013

  These three articles offer an in-depth look at the beginning of the new year for Congress and credit unions.

• Mortgage Share Set to Expand in 2013

  By David Morrison  |  January 9, 2013

  It seems likely that 2013 will contain two distinct aspects for credit union mortgage programs. On the one hand, it seems certain that credit unions will continue to take a greater share of the overall mortgage market.

• MBL Hike Lower on CUNA Priorities

  By Heather Anderson  |  January 9, 2013

  CUNA announced new legislative priorities for 2013 that include four key agenda items: preserving the credit union tax exemption, reducing regulatory burden, engaging in housing finance reform and advancing credit union charter enhancements.

• Editor/Publisher's Column: Adjusting to the Realities of a New Year

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  January 9, 2013

  Forget that jobless claims were revised upward, even higher than initial projections. The New Year is a time for optimism. As California CU League Economist Dwight Johnston wrote in his commentary in the Trust for Credit Unions e-newsletter, “This was the fifth year in a row of triple-digit gains on...

• Adjusting to the Realities of a New Year: Editor/Publisher's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  January 3, 2013

  Resolution for 2013: Put some energy into political activity, regardless of which side of an issue you're on.

• ICBA Resolves to Continue Fight Against CU Tax Exemption

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 20, 2012

  Independent Community Bankers of America also vow to fight raising of member business lending cap.