In this article we investigate the connections between home purchases by individual
investors and urban space by exploring the spatial dimension of investor lending in Chicago …

Investors in single-family residential properties have played a crucial role in the United
States foreclosure crisis. In this paper, we analyze investor behavior in the diverse urban …

Ten years after the mortgage crisis, the US housing market has rebounded significantly with
house prices now near the peak achieved during the boom. Homeownership rates, on the …

Housing markets and mortgage lending played critical roles in the 'Great Recession,'yet the
ways in which this recent and acute economic crisis have played out within rural and small …

We study the house price recovery in the US single-family residential housing market since
the outbreak of the mortgage crisis, which, in contrast to the preceding housing boom, was …

This paper analyzes the impact of the subprime crisis on urban neighborhoods in
Massachusetts. The topic is explored using a dataset that matches race and income …

Until the onset of the financial meltdown, independent mortgage companies (IMCs) had
begun to originate an increasing share of subprime loans, a high proportion of which went …

As the housing bust accelerated in 2008, concerns mounted about the impact of rising
foreclosure levels on low-income and minority communities where nonprime lending had …

We explore a mostly undocumented but important dimension of the housing market crisis:
the role played by real estate investors. Using unique credit-report data, we document large …

South Florida has been among the top foreclosure markets in the United States, but little
research has explored whether this market presents different dynamics compared to other …