Smith School Partners with NYU Stern to Host Conference on
The GSEs, Housing & the Economy

The Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business partnered with the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions at the NYU Stern School of Business for a daylong conference on “The GSEs, Housing & the Economy” on January 24, 2011, in Washington, D.C. The conference brought together leading academic experts and policymakers to address issues facing government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) and effects on the housing industry and the macro economy. Keynote speakers were Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas), member of the House Financial Services Committee, and James Lockhart, former Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Check back soon for more video and photo highlights.

Event Highlights

Videos

• Rep. Randy Neugebauer Discusses GSE's and Housing
• James Lockhart Discusses GSEs, Housing and the Economy
• How to Reform Mortgage Finance
• Housing and the Macroeconomy
• Issues for GSE Reform
• "The GSEs, Housing and The Economy" - Conference Summation by Albert S. “Pete” Kyle

Photo Gallery

Launch photo gallery

Presentations

Media Coverage

• Top Financial Services Committee Republican Says Foreclosure Prevention Efforts ‘Need To Stop’
• Republican calls for Fannie, Freddie to hike fees
• GOP Rep.: Government should stop trying to prevent foreclosures
• Treasury Delays Report on Fannie and Freddie Reform
• Taxpayers Paid Millions In Fannie, Freddie Legal Fees (doesn't mention conference, but the reporter attended the morning session and got her quote from the Congressman there)
• Rep. Neugebauer: Let foreclosures occur
• Should the government stop trying to prevent foreclosures?
• US Rep Neugebauer: Government Must Scale Back Mortgage-Market Support
• Neugebauer: Feds need to get out of housing market
• A Guide to White House Options for the GSEs
• Treasury eyes Fannie, Freddie fees hikes

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