There are many causes to the collapse of the housing market and the recent financial turmoil, but the contribution of the CRA appears marginal. While banks did engage in…
BABC 04-23: Mortgage lenders have long used credit scores as a basis for estimating borrower risk. This risk differentiation is reflected in the coupon rate of the loan…
Robert Litan, Nicolas Retsinas, Eric Belsky, Susan White Haag
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April 20, 2000
In November 1999, President Clinton signed into law financial modernization legislation (referred to herein as the Financial Modernization Act (FMA)), perhaps the most…