HBTL-01: From 2007 through 2011, the United States housing market suffered from a severe imbalance in supply and demand. On the supply side, there were too many homes…
John Campbell, Howell Jackson, Brigitte Madrian, Peter Tufano
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August 31, 2010
MF10-12: The recent financial crisis has led many to question how well businesses deliver consumer financial services and how well regulatory institutions address…
MF10-6: Since mid-2007, the federal government has devoted enormous sums of money and effort to foreclosure prevention. Washington’s approach to rising foreclosures has…
Patricia McCoy, Elizabeth Renuart
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February 1, 2008
UCC08-5: In this chapter, we provide a critical analysis of the legal landscape of residential mortgage lending and explain how federal law abdicated regulation of the…
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…
UCC08-13: In this paper, we review a wide variety of programs that are used to support savings by families, in particular by low- and moderate-income families. These…
Shawn Cole, John Thompson, Peter Tufano
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February 1, 2008
UCC08-3: In this paper, we analyze the spending decisions of over 1.5 million Americans who vary in their degree of revealed credit constraints. Specifically, we analyze…
Eric Belsky, Rachel Bogardus Drew, Daniel McCue
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November 1, 2007
W07-7: This paper examines the challenges of projecting the long-run sustainable demand for new residential construction and presents a range of estimates for the likely…
RR07-1: The nation faces many longstanding rental housing challenges. Chief among these concerns are widespread rental affordability problems, neighborhood decline, the…
For decades, real estate and housing professionals have thought of the typical home buyer as a married couple, with or without children, either purchasing their first home or…