In 2008, there will be at least 2.5 million new foreclosures in the United States. Record levels
of mortgage delinquency, default, and foreclosure are causing widespread hardship in cities …

Whereas policy makers and industry advocates have hailed the growth of the subprime
mortgage market in the US as evidence that financial innovation can more efficiently price …

Since the early 1990s, there has been a very large growth in mortgages made by so-called
subprime lenders, which specialize in lending to borrowers with credit history problems. One …

This paper argues that the ongoing financial and economic crisis creates an opportunity for
economic geography to move to a centre stage of academic debates about the nature of …

The impacts of the foreclosure crisis have been widespread, catalyzing the worst economic
downturn since the Great Depression and leading to dramatic declines in housing equity …

In the past decade, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation's (HOLC) so-called 'redlining'maps
have gone from a niche corner of urban historical scholarship to the centre of mainstream …

In this paper we offer a conceptualization of mortgage foreclosure as serial displacement by
highlighting the current crisis in the context of historically repeated extraction of capital …

This study adds to the literature linking housing and health by illustrating how poor health
can increase the risk of foreclosure, and how the threat of foreclosure can negatively affect …

Covert racism, subtle in application, often appears hidden by norms of association,
affiliation, group membership and/or identity. As such, covert racism is often excused or …

This investigation examines how consumers perceive and experience predatory lenders.
Findings reveal that industry practices are carried out to the detriment of persons typically …