The House bill is currently at the Senate desk, awaiting nods from Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, and Ranking Minority Member Sherrod Brown…
Analyst Henry Coffey: “It is worth noting, given expected home price appreciation, that a flat mortgage market should translate into a 4 percent or greater decline in actual mortgage unit count.”
In his report, KBW analyst Bose George said, “While Mel Watt, director of the FHFA, was questioned about some of these issues in past congressional hearings, this will be the first hearing to focus exclusively on this topic.”