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Journal Article
A Summary of Consumer Protection Regulatory Changes
Many regulatory changes go into effect in 2009 and 2010 as the government works to increase the knowledge of consumers who are shopping for credit.
Conference Paper
Lessons learned from mortgage market turmoil
Conference Paper
Are relative solutions to abusive mortgage lending practices throwing out the baby with the bathwater?
Subprime mortgage lending is controversial. Its critics see excessive prices, unfair terms and "predatory" practices. Proponents see a much narrower set of problems. Legislative and regulatory solutions to perceive problems are being implemented piecemeal across states and even local jurisdictions. Unfortunately, little careful empirical work has been done to identify either extent of the alleged abuses or the costs of proposed reforms. ; This article presents new evidence about how the subprime mortgage market works. It suggests that legislative "reform? efforts in some cases are reducing ...
Journal Article
Home-equity lending takes center stage
Journal Article
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Community Reinvestment Act: past accomplishments and future regulatory challenges
This paper was presented at the conference "Policies to Promote Affordable Housing," cosponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and New York University's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, February 7, 2002. It was part of Session 4: Housing Subsidies and Finance.
Journal Article
Texas foreclosure timeline
Texas has a rather quick foreclosure process for non-home equity loans. (Home equity loans must be foreclosed judicially.) The process is conducted by the trustee designated by the lender in the deed of trust (the mortgage instrument) without any court involvement.
Newsletter
Responding to the foreclosure crisis - a conference summary
On December 9?10, 2009, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago hosted a conference on mortgage foreclosure policy with the help of the Chicago Community Trust, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Woodstock Institute.
Journal Article
Real estate loans of registrants under Regulation X