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March 28, 2024

  • Visiting Author: Sheila Squillante
    Last week, the visiting author, Sheila Squillante, presented the art of creative non-fiction at BGSU. Last year, her memoir came out. From Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA, Squillante visited BGSU, last week. Previously, she has published collections on poetry, but most recently, her memoir, All Things Edible, Random and Odd  was published in 2023. “I […]
  • Petrofiction Review: Oil on Water
    Here’s my review of Oil on Water by Helon Habila – a petrofiction novel which won The Commonwealth Prize and Caine Prize. For context, petrofiction stems from petroleum and fiction. A specific text that focuses on petroleum culture in political economics and environmental impact. Although Habila’s novel begins with a journalist investigating a kidnapping, the […]
Spring Housing Guide

New legislation outlaws ‘liar loans’, may hurt credit

WASHINGTON – A House panel approved legislation yesterday that would outlaw the kind of ‘liar loans’ and other questionable bank practices that helped drag down the economy. The proposal, by North Carolina Democratic Reps. Melvin Watt and Brad Miller, is one of several that Democrats are pushing to tighten financial regulations on an industry that underwrote risky loans and passed off the bad debt to investors. While Democrats cast the bill as a necessary measure that could have helped prevent the financial meltdown, the banking industry and Republicans warned that the would-be rules could restrict the flow of credit. ‘Now is not the time to limit choices, raise costs, disrupt the secondary mortgage market, and look the other way on fundamental … reform’ of government-created financial services corporations, said Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee. Under the Democratic-pushed bill, banks offering other than traditional 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages would have to verify a person’s credit history and income and make a ‘reasonable and good faith determination’ that a loan can be repaid. This provision targets high-risk credit lines that became known as ‘liar loans’ because they required little or no documentation. Banks also would have to make sure the loan provides a ‘net tangible benefit’ for the consumer. Another provision would prohibit banks from paying mortgage brokers and loan officers more money if they steer clients toward more costly loan options. Under the bill, a broker would receive the same compensation for selling a 30-year, fixed-rate loan as he would a riskier adjustable-rate mortgage. The legislation also would place new restrictions on banks wanting to sell nontraditional mortgages to Wall Street by requiring they retain at least some of the risk on their books. Proponents say doing so would further deter banks from lending to people with risky credit. The panel’s endorsement of the bill, by a 49-21 vote, paves the way for consideration by the full House next week.

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