Journal Article

Lending standards in mortgage markets


Abstract: While the data seem to suggest that lenders did the right thing by tightening standards and increasing denials...the ongoing financial crisis suggests that they did not tighten them enough.

Keywords: Mortgages; Bank loans;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: Economic Synopses

Publication Date: 2009

Order Number: 23