Raphael Bostic, Arthur Alcolin
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February 27, 2018
This paper was originally presented at A Shared Future: Fostering Communities of Inclusion in an Era of Inequality, a national symposium hosted by the Harvard Joint…
HBTL-09: Dual mortgage markets are a direct descendent of key policy responses to the Great Depression. Prior to the Depression, nearly all mortgages were five-…
Raphael Bostic, Kathleen Engel, Patricia McCoy, Anthony Pennington-Cross, Susan Wachter
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February 1, 2008
UCC08-9: The subprime mortgage market, which consists of high-cost loans designed for borrowers with weak credit, has grown tremendously over the past ten years. Between…
BABC 04-10: Spending financed by home equity extraction helps smooth household consumption and bolster the economy in economic downturns, but may reduce wealth…
Raphael Bostic, Paul Calem, Susan Wachter
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February 5, 2004
BABC 04-5: There is a broad consensus regarding the benefits of homeownership, which include wealth accumulation and improvements along social and personal dimensions.…
Alexander von Hoffman, John Felknew
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January 5, 2002
W02-1: Over the last three decades the phenomenon known as urban or suburban sprawl has become the subject of enormous controversy. Critics have condemned unwanted urban…
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,…