Housing
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In the News
SPPI in the Spotlight: Exposing Opioid Settlement Secrecy, Regulatory Overreach, and Real Estate Trap Doors
How SPPI is driving transparency, market competition, and accountability in public policy.
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Op-Ed
Mortgage Bankers Association’s tri-merge credit reporting reform pushes risky overhaul
Proposal strips critical safeguards and shifts long-term costs on to American borrowers.
Originally published inThe Washington Times
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Op-Ed
Mortgage rates just fell below a crucial psychological threshold
The difference from a 6 percent rate is tiny, but the appeal to customers is big.
Originally published inThe Washington Post
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Policy Brief
Housing Shock: The Cost of Investor Ownership Bans
A prohibition on institutional investors could destabilize housing markets, but a targeted exemption can protect homeowners and renters.
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Policy Brief
Weakening Tri-Merge Would Make Housing Less Affordable
Why cutting credit reporting costs won’t fix housing affordability, and may make it worse.
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Policy Brief
The CFPB’s Open Banking Mandate Is About to Break Rent
The CFPB’s open banking mandate, the 1033 rule, poses a critical risk to America’s rent payments.
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Op-Ed
Trump’s 50-year mortgage just introduces a new kind of debt
50-year loan terms would triple total debt while government regulations continue driving up building costs
Originally published inFox News
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White Paper
The Case Against 50-Year Mortgages
How will Washington’s housing “fix” entrench debt, inflate prices, and undermine the American Dream?
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Policy Brief
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Reply Is the Real Joke
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s slow, self-serving defense of the 30-year mortgage proves that lifetime debt, not homeownership, is the product they’re really selling.