MF10-7: This year marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), a law designed to discourage redlining in mortgage lending and to…
UCC08-15: We find that the foreclosure process varies widely across states and that the costs associated with foreclosure rise significantly with the length of the…
UCC08-1: Americans are no stranger to debt. In 2004, 76.4 percent of all households reported some form of borrowing. Fully 46.2 percent of all households had at least…
William Apgar, Amal Bendimerad, Ren Essene
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April 25, 2007
For decades “fair lending” issues have received attention in both public policy arenas and the popular press, but the release of 2004 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data…
Over the last two decades, the rise of risk based pricing, the growing importance of the secondary mortgage market, and the emergence of mortgage brokers in the marketing and…
It has long been argued that promoting homeownership among low-income households is worthwhile because owned housing may be an important source of savings for these families…