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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781244303321

Autore

Immergluck Daniel

Titolo

Foreclosed [[electronic resource] ] : high-risk lending, deregulation, and the undermining of America's mortgage market : with a new preface / / Dan Immergluck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8014-7714-X

0-8014-5758-0

0-8014-5882-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

332.1/753

Soggetti

Mortgage loans - United States

Mortgage loans - Government policy - United States

Subprime mortgage loans - United States

Foreclosure - United States

Financial services industry - Deregulation - United States

Housing - Finance - Government policy - United States

Financial crises - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

U.S. mortgage market development and federal policy to the early 1990s -- Mortgage market disparities and the dual regulatory system in the twentieth century -- The high-risk revolution -- Mortgage market breakdown : the contributions of transactional failures, conflicts of interest, and global capital surpluses -- The economic and social costs of high-risk mortgage lending -- High-risk lending and public policy, 1995-2008 -- Policies for fair, affordable, and sustainable mortgage markets.

Sommario/riassunto

In 2007 and 2008, the United States has observed, with some horror, the explosion and collapse of entire segments of the housing market, especially those driven by subprime and alternative or "exotic" home mortgage lending. Foreclosed explains the rise of high-risk lending and why these newer types of loans-and their associated regulatory



infrastructure-failed in substantial ways. Dan Immergluck narrates the boom in subprime and exotic loans, recounting how financial innovations and deregulation facilitated excessive risk-taking, and how these loans have harmed different populations and communities. Immergluck, who has been working, researching, and writing on issues tied to housing finance and neighborhood change for almost twenty years, has an intimate knowledge of the promotion of home ownership and the history of mortgages in the United States. The changes to the mortgage market over the past fifteen years-including the securitization of mortgages and the failure of regulators to maintain control over a much riskier array of mortgage products-led, he finds, inexorably to the current crisis. After describing the development of generally stable and risk-limiting mortgage markets throughout much of the twentieth century, Foreclosed details how federal policy-makers failed to regulate the new high-risk lending markets that arose in the late 1990's and early 2000's. The book also examines federal, state, and local efforts to deal with the mortgage and foreclosure crisis of 2007 and 2008. Immergluck draws upon his wealth of experience to provide an overarching set of principles and a detailed set of policy recommendations for "righting the ship" of U.S. housing finance in ways that will promote affordable yet sustainable home ownership as an option for a broad set of households and communities. The 2011 edition features a new preface by the author addressing the ongoing global economic crisis and the impact of U.S. financial reform efforts on the mortgage system.