FIXING THE HOUSING FINANCE SYSTEM

 

Co-hosted with the International Housing Finance Program

April 26 and 27, 2005

 

“Paradigm Shifts in Housing Finance.”

Alex Pollock, AEI

 

“Personal Reflections on RESPA Reform”

Ken Markison, MBA

 

Discussants: Susan Wachter, Wharton; John Weicher, HUD

 

“ Federalization of Anti-Predatory Lending Laws”

Ed Gramlich, Federal Reserve Board

 

Discussant: Doug Duncan, MBA

 

“Reforming the Home Mortgage Market”

Jack Guttentag, Wharton

 

Discussant: Bob Armbruster, NAMB

 

“On Truly Privatizing Fannie and Freddie Mac"

Lawrence White, NYU

 

Discussant: Dwight Jaffee, Berkeley

 

“A Proposal for Mortgage-Holding Subsidiaries”

Bert Ely, Ely and Co.

 

Discussant: Robert Van Order

 

“Privatizing a Government Sponsored Enterprise: Lessons From the Privatization of Sally Mae”

Michael Lea, Cardiff Consulting

 

“Freddie Mac’s and Fannie Mae’s Contribution to the Economy”

Ed Golding, Freddie Mac

 

“Measuring the Benefits to the Economy of the GSEs”

Anthony B. Sanders, OSU

 

“Discussion of the Sanders Paper”*Tom Stanton

 

“On Limiting the Retained Mortgage Portfolios of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”

Dwight Jaffee, Berkeley