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Building Sustainable Homeownership:
Responsible Lending and Informed Consumer Choice

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
1000 Peachtree Street N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309
July 11, 2006


Agenda* | Transcript
 
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Sandra F. Braunstein, Director, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
  9:00 a.m. The Impact of Federal and State Predatory Lending Laws and Developments in Subprime Lending: Consumer and Industry Perspectives
Panel:

Wright Andrews, National Home Equity Mortgage Association

William Brennan Jr., Director, Home Defense Program, Atlanta Legal Aid

Gail Burks, Executive Director, Nevada Fair Housing Center; Board Member, National Community Reinvestment Coalition

Harry Dinham, National Association of Mortgage Brokers

Barbara Kent, Director, Consumer Affairs and Financial Products, New York State Banking Department

Margot Saunders, Of Counsel, National Consumer Law Center

 10:30 a.m. Break
 10:45 a.m. Nontraditional Mortgages: Understanding the Market and Informed Consumer Choice
Panel:

Alys Cohen, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center

Glenn T. Costello, Managing Director, Residential-Mortgaged Backed Securities Group, Fitch Ratings

Kathleen Crawford, Consumer Protection Chair & Affordable Housing Chair, National Association of Mortgage Brokers

Doug Duncan, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Mortgage Bankers Association

Allen Fishbein, Director, Housing and Credit Policy, Consumer Federation of America

Ken Logan, Chairman-Elect, National Home Equity Mortgage Association

George A. Reynolds, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Georgia Department of Banking and Finance

Mike Wright, Managing Broker, Prudential Georgia Realty

12:30 p.m. Break for Lunch
1:30 p.m. The Impact of Disclosures on Consumer Choice
Panel:

Susan Kleimann, President, Kleimann Communication Group

John C. Kozup, Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing, and Director, Center for Marketing and Public Policy, Villanova University

Patricia McCoy, Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law

Janis K. Pappalardo, Economist, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission

Vanessa Gail Perry, Assistant Professor, George Washington University, School of Business and Public Policy

 3:00 p.m. Open Microphone
4:00 p.m. Adjourn

*Working agenda as of July 7, 2006

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