MF10-15: This paper examines mortgage credit markets and the need for government intervention to protect and advance the public interest. We identify as rationales for…
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…
RR07-12: The strengths and weaknesses of nonprofit organizations in developing and owning subsidized rental housing are examined. In the course of this study, a number…
W05-4: This paper develops and applies a method for producing constant quality rent indexes and inflation estimates for different segments of the rental housing stock.…
W05-2: The property tax on housing is a major component of local government revenues and of consumers’ housing costs. This study uses newly available data from the 2001…
W04-7: Operating costs are an important, but not much studied component of apartment financial performance. This paper establishes an economic framework for interpreting…
Alexander von Hoffman, Eric Belsky, James DeNormandie, Rachel G. Bratt
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June 1, 2004
W04-5: This paper was prepared to provide background information for a conference sponsored by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation entitled The Vitality of America…
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.…
W02-8: In October 1996, at nearly the mid-point of President Bill Clinton’s term in office, a lead article in The New York Times Magazine heralded: “The Year That…