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Though policy responses to and studies about the causes of the US housing crisis abound, the relationship between collateral value and housing cycles has received scant attention. The summer 2013 conference — cosponsored by the Collateral Risk Network, Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, and AEI — will focus on housing cycles and their domestic and international systemic impact. Watch the conference live on AEI.org and follow along with the presentations from the panelists posted below:
Keynote:
July 31, 2013, 12:00 PM
Address by:
• Karl Case, Wellesley College ►
• Poem: Reflection on the housing market: Seven years after the fall ►
Panel 3: International approaches to value and systemic risk
July 31, 2013, 1:30 PM
Presentations by:
• Maurizio d'Amato, Politecnico di Bari ►
• Santiago Herreros de Tejada, Grupo Sociedad de Tasación ►
• Reiner Lux, HypZert ►
• Finn Poschmann, C.D. Howe Institute ►
• Lance Coyle, Appraisal Institute ►
• Andreas Kunert ►
Panel 4: Countercyclical policies
July 31, 2013, 3:30 PM
Presentations by:
• Andreas Lehnert, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ►
• Tom O'Grady, Pro Teck Valuation Services ►
• Scott Smith and Jesse Weiher, Federal Housing Finance Agency ►
• Susan Wachter, Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania ►
Panel 5: Stabilized lending value and countercyclical LTVs
August 1, 2013, 8:15 AM
Presentations by:
• Ted Durant, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation ►
• Bill Foster, US House of Representatives (D-IL) ►
• Patrick Sheehy, Lender Processing Services ►
• Joseph Tracy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York ►
• Alex J. Pollock, AEI ►
Panel 5A: Best practices: Alignment of incentives
August 1, 2013, 9:25 AM
Presentations by:
Panel 6: Are appraisers and appraisals up to the challenge?
August 1, 2013, 10:30 AM
Presentations by:
• Steve Linville, National Association of Home Builders ►
• John Brenan, Appraisal Foundation ►
• Appraisers, appraisals, and you: A lender's guide to USPAP ►









