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Joined 01/20/2008

Bruce Hahn

President

American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance

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Bruce Hahn has been an association manager and lobbyist since the 1970's. He is a Certified Association Executive (CAE). Mr. Hahn was a co-founder of the Small Business Legislative Council and subsequently was elected as its chairman. He was also a co-founder of the American League of Lobbyists and the author of ALL's code of ethics. Hahn has held senior management experience with a number of national trade associations. Among them are the National Association of Manufacturers where he served as the Vice President, Public Affairs; and the Computing Technology Industry Association, where he was head of the government affairs department. Mr. Hahn has been an investor in real estate, including both residential real estate and land, since the 1980's.

My Comments

  • American Homeowners
    By Bruce HahnJuly 18, 2008 - 7:17pm

    American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance After many years in development, it's time to implement the new RESPA regs. In our comments to HUD on the proposed rule, we urged the government to strengthen them. (See our complete comments at www.AmericanHomeowners.org). While not perfect, the new regs are an improvement. Many regulations turn out to need additional tweaking after implementation. If necessary we can do so with the new RESPA regs. If we delay until everyone is in agreement, many abuses addressed by these regs will never get addressed. It's time for segments of the mortgage lending/real estate services sectors to stop trying to hide their practices from sunshine and solve some of the problems that these regulations address. Let's implement the new RESPA regs now!!

  • American Homeowners
    By Bruce HahnJuly 17, 2008 - 5:15pm

    American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance After many years in development, it's time to implement the new RESPA regs. In our comments to HUD on the proposed rule, we urged the government to strengthen them. (See our complete comments at www.AmericanHomeowners.org). While not perfect, the new regs are an improvement. Many regulations need turn out to need additional tweaking after implementation. If necessary we can do so with the new RESPA regs. If we delay until everyone is in agreement, many abuses addressed by these regs will never get addressed. It's time to stop complaining and solve some of the problems that these regulations address. Let's implement the new RESPA regs now!!

  • American Homeowners
    By Bruce HahnJuly 11, 2008 - 11:58am

    American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance 1. When do you think the real estate market will recover: At best recovery will begin next year, and that assumes that the pending housing rescue packing becomes law in some form and that there are no major new economic threats to our economy, such as a substantial additional increase in gas prices, bankruptcy of Freddie/Fannie, terrorist attack, etc. 2. Who do you think could be the frontrunner(s) when that occurs: A function of where economic recovery is occuring, which is also difficult to predict. The decline in the value of the dollar in international exchange could bode well for US manufacturers, whose products now cost substantially less in other countries due to the dollar's devaluation. Housing values in many parts of the industrial midwest have already been hammered pretty badly, so a surge in US exports could help drive employment in those areas, and as a result a recovery in housing values.