The House Financial Services Committee recently gathered a panel of housing experts to analyze affordability challenges in the housing marketplace, with a focus on governmental barriers such as zoning policies that have exacerbated these issues.
Read More »Congress: Outdated Appraisal System Needs Overhaul
The appraisal system is complex and outdated, resulting in more lengthy closings and increased costs to consumers, and therefore in need of wholesale changes, according to a Congressional hearing on Wednesday.
Read More »House Financial Services Committee Discusses Rural Housing Service’s Future
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services (FSC): Housing and Insurance Subcommittee held a hearing today called “The Future of Housing in America: Oversight of the Rural Housing Service,” according to a memorandum written by the FSC majority staff.
Read More »Congress to Examine Financial Health of FHA in Hearing
The Housing and Insurance Subcommittee of the House Committee on Financial Services will hold the second hearing in the series, entitled The Future of Housing in America: Oversight of the Federal Housing Administration, Part II, on Thursday, February 26, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern time.
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