All Posts Tagged With: "consumer"
New Mortgage Loan Protections Outlined in Wall Street Reform
The House Financial Services Committee has released a summary of the major changes included in the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. These are items which have been accepted by a conference committee of the House and Senate. If the conference report is passed by both houses, the measure will then go to the [...]
27Jun2010 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Appraisal Worries Really About The Future
Tim writes and points to a number of problems he sees with the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC). Fair enough. Let’s look at what he offers: >>>Instead of a majority of valuation assignments going to appraisal managment companies we now have virtually ALL assignments being controlled by these joint venture arrangments. Notice how the [...]
22Jul2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
The “Consumer” Protection Panel That Isn’t
It was with some fanfare that the Federal Reserve announced that it would create a Consumer Advisory Council to provide advice regarding issues from a public perspective. Now you might think, aha, a Consumer Advisory Council…wouldn’t that be a panel which consists largely or entirely of, er, well, consumers? You might think so, but the [...]
22Jun2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
