From teaching primary market lending fundamentals in Moscow to advising Mexico’s INFONAVIT on securitization, Liz spent years bringing lessons from the US housing finance system to governments and institutions around the world, and bringing international insights back home.
She breaks down how countries like Germany, the UK, and Australia are leapfrogging the US in areas like blockchain-based securities issuance and AI-driven credit assessment, why the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage remains uniquely American, and what it would take for Fannie Mae and FHFA to modernize at scale without breaking what already works.