The Obama administration deserves credit for quickly ending the housing free fall. In particular, Obama empowered the Federal Housing Administration to ensure that households could find mortgages at low interest rates even during the worst phase of the financial panic.

I only have two things in my life, my family and work. If there's any time left over, then I play sports.

My policy is I will help any policymaker who asks, whether they be a Republican or a Democrat.

I'm a registered Democrat.

The key to house prices is the share of foreclosure or short sales in the total housing market. When that share rises, house prices will fall, because distressed properties sell for significantly less - currently around 25 percent below non-distressed houses.

The FHA's success provides strong evidence that government can and should play a role in the nation's mortgage finance system. It also demonstrates that although government intervention in the economy during the Great Recession was messy, things would have been a lot messier without it.

Yes. I don't think it would be appropriate at this point to raise taxes on anyone, certainly not in 2011.