Let’s remember how we got into this latest housing affordability pickle: It’s largely the Federal Reserve’s fault. The pandemic era’s homebuying frenzy grew into bubble status primarily ...

The movie The Big Short—dramatizing the reckless behavior in the banking and mortgage industries that contributed to the 2008 ...

His research has been shared with members of the U.S. Congress, federal agencies, and policymakers in several states. A housing or real estate bubble is a run-up in housing prices fueled by demand ...

Don't end the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac without eliminating the implicit government backing for their ...

This time, however, the recent spike in long-term bond yields might be less of a momentary uptick than a sign of what’s to come for American borrowers. Take the 10-year Treasury yield, the ...

Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at ...

Inflation has edged down, but high housing costs could spark a fresh rise in prices and keep the Fed from cutting rates, ...

By John Grace We all know no one can predict the future. If we could, we’d all be sipping piña coladas in our beachside mansions bought with Bitcoin in 2012. Instead, we’re squinting at the horizon ...

The movie “The Big Short” — dramatizing the reckless behavior in the banking and mortgage industries that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis — captures much of Wall Street’s misconduct but ...

Trump plans another attempt to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, after failing to do so during his first administration.