The system of sector housing investment and finance that has evolved in the United States has long had a powerful influence on the costs, type, and location of housing, given…
This paper provides an overview of the ways in which "housing and education in America have long been inextricably and intricately linked." Most notably, because of the…
BABC 04-10: Spending financed by home equity extraction helps smooth household consumption and bolster the economy in economic downturns, but may reduce wealth…
This paper examines trends in prime-market mortgage lending to low- and moderate-income families and to families living in underserved areas, hereafter affordable lending,…