… Jim Parrott is a nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute and co-owner of Parrott Ryan Advisors,
… Parrott served in the Obama White House as a senior advisor at the National Economic …

… Jim Parrott is a nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute and co-owner of Parrott Ryan
Advisors, which provides strategic advice on housing finance issues to financial institutions active …

We are nearly seven years into recovery from a once-in-a-lifetime financial crisis, triggered
by widespread failure across virtually every aspect of our housing finance system. 1 While …

Fortunately, housing has recently posted some hopeful numbers. Housing starts have nearly
doubled since their nadir during the Great Recession, rising from 500,000 to 900,000 units (…

Access to mortgage credit is most commonly determined by calculating the denial rate for all
mortgage applicants using Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data. Calculating a …

… Jim Parrott is a nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute and co-owner of Parrott Ryan
Advisors, which provides strategic advice on housing finance issues to financial institutions active …

The May 2019 edition of At A Glance, the Housing Finance Policy Center’s reference guide
for mortgage and housing market data, includes updated figures describing the quarterly …

On June 5, 2014, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released a request for input
from the public on the guarantee fees (g-fees) that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (the …

Alt hough mort gage lending in 2007 was t oo lax, t oday’s lending has swung t oo far in t he
ot her direct ion. The Housing Finance Policy Cent er’s credit availability index shows that …

… Jim Parrott Jim Parrott is a senior fellow at the Urban Institute and owner of Falling Creek
Advisors, which provides financial institutions with strategic advice on housing finance issues. …