UCC08-8: For centuries, legislated caps on loan interest rates (rate ceilings) have been advocated as a form of consumer protection in otherwise free market economies.…
BABC 04-14: The 1971 federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) was intended to promote greater accuracy in credit reporting in the United States. Inaccurate credit…
BABC 04-6: This paper examines home purchase mortgage choice employing data from 2002. Conventional, FHA, subprime, and special programs for low-to-moderate income…
At the turn of the millennium, fully two-thirds of American households were owner-occupants. In addition, through the middle of the year in 2000, real home prices were rising…