Journal Article

Brewing bubbles: how mortgage practices intensify housing booms


Abstract: Even before the Great Recession, housing market bubbles have been associated with severe financial crises around the world. Why do these booms and busts occur? Leonard Nakamura explains that part of the answer may lie with how mortgage lending practices appear to respond to rising and falling house prices in somewhat unexpected ways.

Keywords: Lending practices; Bubbles; Mortgages; Housing market;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Part of Series: Business Review

Publication Date: 2014

Issue: 1

Pages: 16-24