Publications

Mises Instiute - Law & Liberty - American Banker - American Enterprise Institute (AEI) - Barron's - Federalist Society - Financial Times - Forbes - The Hill - Housing Finance International Journal - R Street Institute - Real Clear Markets - The Wall Street Journal

Alex J Pollock 10/2/26 Alex J Pollock 10/2/26

Adam, Eve, the snake and the fall of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Alex J Pollock 10/2/26 Alex J Pollock 10/2/26

Alex J Pollock 7/2/26 Alex J Pollock 7/2/26

Update on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Alex J Pollock 4/3/26 Alex J Pollock 4/3/26

U.S. house prices are falling in inflation-adjusted terms, but that is not enough

Alex J Pollock 1/8/26 Alex J Pollock 1/8/26

How far can U.S. house prices fall?

Alex J Pollock 10/6/25 Alex J Pollock 10/6/25

Is the second U.S. housing bubble of this century starting to deflate?

Alex J Pollock 6/30/25 Alex J Pollock 6/30/25

After more than fifty years of U.S.government-sponsored housing finance, why has home ownership not increased and why are houses unaffordable?

Alex J Pollock 3/29/25 Alex J Pollock 3/29/25

The U.S. debates what to do about Fannie and Freddie, after their 17 years in government conservatorship

Alex J Pollock 12/22/24 Alex J Pollock 12/22/24

The Federal Reserve plunges into the mortgage market and takes a bath

Alex J Pollock 10/2/24 Alex J Pollock 10/2/24

A European Fannie/Freddie?

Alex J Pollock 6/23/24 Alex J Pollock 6/23/24

Who’s got the mortgage credit risk?

Alex J Pollock 3/28/24 Alex J Pollock 3/28/24

House prices are falling in Canada, rising in the U.S. — why the difference?

Alex J Pollock 12/22/23 Alex J Pollock 12/22/23

Central Banks and Housing Finance

Alex J Pollock 10/8/22 Alex J Pollock 10/8/22

The historical waning of the U.S. Savings & Loans

Alex J Pollock 9/30/19 Alex J Pollock 9/30/19

Surprised again

Alex J Pollock 7/1/19 Alex J Pollock 7/1/19

The U.S. can reform housing finance without any action from Congress

Alex J Pollock 4/1/19 Alex J Pollock 4/1/19

Ten years later, the U.S. is still debating Fannie and Freddie

Alex J Pollock 1/4/19 Alex J Pollock 1/4/19

Higher interest rates and the looming end of the second real estate double bubble

Alex J Pollock 1/4/18 Alex J Pollock 1/4/18

The Cincinnatian Doctrine revisited