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The American Mortgage in Historical and International Context

From 2005, a review of US mortgage history and of international mortgage markets is accompanied by a prescient analysis of risks and benefits of Fannie and Freddie.

Posted by行政31 October 201020 July 2011Posted inBanking News, Home Sales and Home PricesTags: Fannie, Freddie, mortgage history, Richard K. Green, Susan M. Wachter1 Comment on The American Mortgage in Historical and International Context

Explaining the Housing Bubble

In the simplest terms, the housing bubble was caused by a flood of liquidity chasing mispriced risk.

Posted by行政22 October 201020 July 2011Posted inBanking News, Home Sales and Home PricesTags: Adam J. Levin, affordable housing goals, CMBS, community reinvestment act, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, GSE, housing bubble, housing finance, informational asymmetries, irrational exuberance, MBS, mortgage, PLS, real estate, RMBS, securitization, standardization, Susan M. Wachter2 Comments on Explaining the Housing Bubble
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