Marsha Courchane, Leonard Kiefer, Peter Zorn
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November 12, 2013
HBTL-11: Responses to the mortgage market crisis of the past decade led to myriad changes in the structure of the industry, expanded market regulations, and resulted in…
W04-12: The announcement of the NeighborWorks® Center for Homeownership Education and Counseling (NCHEC) presents a legitimate and appropriate opportunity to assess what…
Susan Wharton Gates, Cindy Waldron, Peter Zorn
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February 13, 2004
BABC 04-13: Automated underwriting (AU) systems have become a tool of choice in mortgage lending decisions. While AU provides significant benefits to mortgage…
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 analyses the performance of low-income and minority loans (LIMLs) from a large sample of fixed-rate mortgages purchased by Freddie Mac in the 1990s. Our focus is…
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,…