MF10-3: The recent tumult experienced by residential mortgage markets in the United States has left many struggling to determine what caused the crisis; what can be done…
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…
Susan Wharton Gates, Cindy Waldron, Peter Zorn
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February 13, 2004
BABC 04-13: Automated underwriting (AU) systems have become a tool of choice in mortgage lending decisions. While AU provides significant benefits to mortgage…
This paper analyses the performance of low-income and minority loans (LIMLs) from a large sample of fixed-rate mortgages purchased by Freddie Mac in the 1990s. Our focus is…