David Reiss
@davidjreiss.bsky.social
Cornell Law & Cornell Tech prof interested in real estate, housing, fintech
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More on the 50-Year Mortgage
Marketplace interviewed me in Trump Floated a 50-Year Mortgage to Address Housing Affordability. How Would That Work? The transcript reads, President Donald Trump proposed a 50-year mortgage over t…
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November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Trump & Pulte’s 50-Year Mortgage
Politico quoted me in ‘Band-Aid,’ ‘Distraction’: Experts Slam Pulte, Trump 50-Year Mortgage Idea. It opens, The Trump administration is entertaining a potential plan for the government to back 50-y…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Understanding NYC’s Rent-Stabilized Housing Stock
I will be moderating an NYU Furman Center Policy Breakfast on NYC’s Rent-Stabilized Housing: Understanding Different Segments of the Stock and Why It Matters on November 19th. The link to register …
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November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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VIDEO: Retrenchment and Rollback in Consumer Protection and Housing
The video for the ABA Professor’s Corner webinar on Retrenchment and Rollback: Federal Consumer Protection and Housing has been posted. Rosa Newman (Elon) moderated and I spoke alongside Kathleen E…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Does Homeownership Build Wealth?
Marketplace interviewed me for a story to answer the question, Does Homeownership Build Wealth? It reads, in part, With housing prices skyrocketing in recent years, homeownership has become increas…
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November 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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What’s Andrew Cuomo’s Plan to Help New York City Renters?
The New York Times interviewed me in a video, What’s Andrew Cuomo’s Plan to Help New York City Renters? The transcript reads, “Can you describe rent prices in New York?” “High.” “Expensive.” ”Out o…
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October 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Retrenchment and Rollback: Federal Consumer Protection and Housing
I will be speaking on Retrenchment and Rollback: Federal Consumer Protection and Housing in an ABA Professor’s Corner webinar on October 14th at 12:30 ET with Kathleen Engel, Suffolk Law School Ros…
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October 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This is tomorrow:
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Retrenchment and Rollback: Federal Consumer Protection and Housing
I will be speaking on Retrenchment and Rollback: Federal Consumer Protection and Housing in an ABA Professor’s Corner webinar on October 14th at 12:30 ET with Kathleen Engel, Suffolk Law School Ros…
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October 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has posted over a dozen official agency orders directly to his personal X account.
Cornell Law Professor @davidjreiss.bsky.social discusses the legal & transparency concerns in @businessinsider.com.
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Cornell Law Professor @davidjreiss.bsky.social discusses the legal & transparency concerns in @businessinsider.com.
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Mortgage regulator Bill Pulte has posted at least 13 agency orders on his personal X account
Bill Pulte has posted at least 13 agency orders on his personal X account. They don't appear to be posted publicly anywhere else.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has posted over a dozen official agency orders directly to his personal X account.
Cornell Law Professor @davidjreiss.bsky.social discusses the legal & transparency concerns in @businessinsider.com.
www.businessinsider.com/bill-pulte-f...
Cornell Law Professor @davidjreiss.bsky.social discusses the legal & transparency concerns in @businessinsider.com.
www.businessinsider.com/bill-pulte-f...
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The FHFA’s @Pulte Acts on X Alone
Business Insider quoted me in Mortgage Regulator Bill Pulte Has Posted at Least 13 Agency Orders on His Personal X Account (behind a paywall). The story reads, in part, Until he became the head of …
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September 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Using AI in Transactional Law Practice
Celia Bigoness and I published a column in Law360, What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI (behind a paywall). It reads, We teach entrepreneurship law clinics in which our studen…
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August 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Cornell Law School Is Hiring a Transactional Clinician
Cornell is hiring a transactional clinician to be based in Ithaca in the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic and the Blassberg-Rice Center for Entrepreneurship Law. The appointment will be to the long-term…
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August 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Mamdani and Affordable Housing Development
CNN quoted me in Zohran Mamdani Has Big Housing Plans. Here’s What Stands in The Way. It reads, in part, Mamdani’s rent freeze plan could undermine his goal of building 200,000 publicly subsidized,…
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July 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Bullying the Fed
Central Banking quoted me in Economists Denounce Trump’s ‘Bullying’ of Fed Chair (sign up required). It opens, Economists have attacked what they regard as US president Donald Trump’s bullying of F…
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July 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Cornell’s Entrepreneurship Center Expands in Its First Year
Cornell Law School just posted this about the new Entrepreneurship Law Clinic on Roosevelt Island: In the summer of 2024, with a transformative gift from Franci J. Blassberg ’75, J.D. ’77, and Jose…
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April 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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What Happens if Fannie and Freddie Go Private?
I was quoted in Fintech Nexus’ Home Invasion: What Happens if Fannie and Freddie Go Private. It reads, in part, The Trump Administration has telegraphed significant changes to GSE mortgage le…
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April 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Professor David Reiss spoke with an NPR station about Trump's plan to privatize mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
“The government would make, effectively, hundreds of billions of dollars from this sale,” Reiss said. @npr.org @davidjreiss.bsky.social
“The government would make, effectively, hundreds of billions of dollars from this sale,” Reiss said. @npr.org @davidjreiss.bsky.social
How Trump plans to get government out of the mortgage business
Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been under government conservatorship since 2008. President Trump wants to privatize them. But what could that mean for America's mortgage marke...
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April 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Professor David Reiss spoke with an NPR station about Trump's plan to privatize mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
“The government would make, effectively, hundreds of billions of dollars from this sale,” Reiss said. @npr.org @davidjreiss.bsky.social
“The government would make, effectively, hundreds of billions of dollars from this sale,” Reiss said. @npr.org @davidjreiss.bsky.social
