The american mortgage system : crisis and reform /
Leading economists and other housing market researchers examine key elements of the mortgage meltdown in this volume of original essays. More than a critique in hindsight, this volume offers pragmatic solutions to the problems facing American home ownership.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©2011 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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The city in the twenty-first century
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Summary: |
Leading economists and other housing market researchers examine key elements of the mortgage meltdown in this volume of original essays. More than a critique in hindsight, this volume offers pragmatic solutions to the problems facing American home ownership. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | 48 illus. |
ISBN: | 9780812204308 |
Index Number: | HG2040 |
CLC: | F837.124 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Chapter 1 The Secondary Market for Housing Finance in the United States: A Brief Overview / Chapter 2 Reasonable People Did Disagree: Optimism and Pessimism About the U.S. Housing Market Before the Crash / Chapter 3 Exploring the Determinants of High-Cost Mortgages to Homeowners in Low- and Moderate-Income Neighborhoods / Chapter 4 Implications of the Housing Market Bubble for Sustainable Homeownership / Chapter 5 A Framework for Consumer Protection in Home Mortgage Lending / Chapter 6 A Profile of the Mortgage Crisis in a Low- and Moderate-Income Community / Chapter 7 Constructive Credit: Revisiting the Performance of Community Reinvestment Act Lending During the Subprime Crisis / Chapter 8 Navigating the Housing Downturn and Financial Crisis: Home Appreciation and Equity Accumulation Among Community Reinvestment Homeowners / Chapter 9 The Community Reinvestment Act: Evaluating Past Performance and Reviewing Options for Reform / Chapter 1 0 Information Failure and the U.S. Mortgage Crisis / Chapter 11 The Expanding Financial Safety Net: The Dodd-Frank Act as an Exercise in Denial and Cover-Up / Chapter 12 A Private Lender Cooperative Model for Residential Mortgage Finance / Chapter 13 Improving U.S. Housing Finance Through Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: A Framework for Evaluating Alternatives / Chapter 1 4 Some Thoughts on What to Do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac / Chapter 15 The Road Not Taken: Our Failure in Redoing the Financial Architecture / Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |