Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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July 14, 2010
Even as the worst housing market correction in more than 60 years appeared to turn a corner in 2009, the fallout from sharply lower home prices and high unemployment…
W10-2: As housing markets across the country continue to struggle to bounce back from the recent housing crisis, ever-increasing instances of foreclosures remain a…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 22, 2009
Despite unprecedented federal efforts to jumpstart the economy and help homeowners keep up with their mortgage payments, home prices continued to fall and foreclosures…
There are many causes to the collapse of the housing market and the recent financial turmoil, but the contribution of the CRA appears marginal. While banks did engage in…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 23, 2008
Housing markets contracted for a second straight year in 2007. The national median single-family home price fell in nominal terms for the first time in 40 years of…
UCC08-15: We find that the foreclosure process varies widely across states and that the costs associated with foreclosure rise significantly with the length of the…
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…
UCC08-1: Americans are no stranger to debt. In 2004, 76.4 percent of all households reported some form of borrowing. Fully 46.2 percent of all households had at least…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 11, 2007
After setting records for home sales, single-family starts, and house price appreciation in 2005, housing markets abruptly reversed last year. In 2006, total home sales fell…