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Brena Swanson

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Brena Swanson joined the HousingWire news team in February 2013. Prior to serving HW in the role as reporter, Brena attended Evangel University in Springfield, MO.

May Cover Story

The billion-dollar question facing Carol Galante

The Federal Housing Administration is on the brink of the next big government bailout. Potentially. Yet Commissioner Carol Galante insists there is strength ahead.

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The art of nonprofit

by Megan Hopkins

Nonprofits — the Cuyahoga Land Bank, NeighborWorks America, Rebuilding Together, the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, PCV|VRM Seeds of Hope and many more local organizations — are investing significant resources to improve America’s most vulnerable housing markets.

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Seeking common ground

by Janneke Ratcliffe

It is time to set a clear direction for the future state of mortgage finance. Despite low rates and stabilizing home prices, it is still too hard to get a mortgage to purchase a home.

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