The rise in subprime lending and the ensuing wave of foreclosures was partly a result of
market forces that have been well-identified in the literature, but it was also a highly …

The fourth edition of Housing Policy in the United States refreshes its classic, foundational
coverage of the field with new data, analysis, and comparative focus. This landmark volume …

In this article, we describe how residential segregation and individual racial disparities
generate racialized patterns of subprime lending and lead to financial loss among black …

Urban theorists have tried for decades to define exactly what a neighborhood is. But behind
that daunting existential question lies a much murkier problem: never mind how you define …

Subprime mortgage lending in the early 2000s was a leading cause of the Great Recession.
From 2003 to 2006, subprime loans jumped from 7.6% of the mortgage market to 20.1 …

The subprime crisis shook the American economy to its core. How did it happen? Where
was the government? Did anyone see the crisis coming? Will the new financial reforms …

The emerging progressive property school celebrates and finds its meaning in the social
nature of property. Rejecting the idea that exclusion lies at the core of property law …

Recent studies have used statistical methods to show that minorities were more likely than
equally qualified whites to receive high–cost, high–risk loans during the US housing boom …

Unsustainable high-cost lending was a major contributor to one of the worst financial crises
in US history. While several studies examine individual-and community-level predictors 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 …