John Ligon

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John Ligon focuses his research on dynamic economic modeling of federal public policy as a senior policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis. His policy research and writing analyzes the economic effects of federal tax, energy, regulatory, housing and housing finance policies. Read his research.

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  • Federal Mortgage Down Payment Assistance Puts Taxpayers at Greater Risk

    John Ligon
    In January 2017, the Obama administration decided to reduce the mortgage insurance premiums charged by the Federal Housing Administration. Fortunately, after taking office later that month, the Trump administration immediately decided to reverse this decision in order to restore some semblance of financial sanity to the agency’s single-family housing mortgage insurance fund. Under the leadership…
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  • Private Capital, Not Crony Government Housing Trust Funds, Should Finance Housing Markets
    John Ligon

  • Undoing the Federal Government’s Reverse Mortgage Fiasco
    John Ligon

  • Federal Housing Administration Should Not Terminate Mortgage Insurance Premiums
    John Ligon

  • Federal Taxpayers Should Not Cover Guarantees in Any Future Mortgage-Backed Securities Market
    John Ligon

  • This Senate Effort Could Lead to Another Housing Bubble
    John Ligon

  • Fannie Mae Should Rethink Its Plans to Expand Role in Housing Finance Sector
    John Ligon

  • Why Shoring Up Fannie and Freddie Would Hurt the Housing Market
    John Ligon

  • It’s Time to Denationalize the US Reverse Mortgage Market
    John Ligon

  • This Harmful Housing Rule Deserves to Be Overturned by Congress
    Norbert Michel

  • Regulation Is Holding Back a Real Housing Recovery
    John Ligon

  • How the Government Held Back a Real Housing Market Recovery in 2015
    John Ligon

  • Are We Headed Toward Another Housing Crisis? What Hasn’t Changed Enough.
    John Ligon

  • Why the Government Can’t Resist the ‘Affordable’ Housing Game
    John Ligon

  • Are Fannie and Freddie Here to Stay?
    John Ligon

  • The Government Is Definitely Back in the ‘Affordable Housing’ Game
    John Ligon
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