Lynn M. Fisher

Resident Scholar

Lynn M. Fisher is a resident scholar and the co-director of the Center on Housing Markets and Finance at the American Enterprise Institute, where she focuses on housing markets, including affordable housing, home building, mortgages and housing finance.

Housing markets

Risk is building in the housing market

Home prices are rising and first-time buyers now account for an increasing share of sales, factors that could lead to a surge in defaults during the next economic downturn.

By Lynn M. Fisher

December 5

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Politics and policy

Is the Fed board eroding regional Fed banks' independence?

For the better part of the past decade, the Federal Reserve Board in Washington has played a more active role in presidential searches by regional reserve banks. The shift seems to have made the system more diverse, but some argue at the expense of regional bank independence.

By Kyle Campbell

3m ago
Industry News

A love for data jump started the career of Citizens' chief experience officer: The Climb

Beth Johnson, a self-described math geek, is driving the bank's ESG strategy and training its employees to keep pace with industry trends.

By Mary Ellen Egan

1h ago
Regulation and compliance

Allow private capital to provide liquidity to Ginnie Mae servicers

Banks and other private lenders could help ease the liquidity crisis facing some companies that service Ginnie Mae mortgages, but are currently prevented from doing so by the agency's rules. A simple fix would benefit everyone involved.

By Edward DeMarco

2h ago