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Small Business Hardships Highlight Relationship with Lenders in COVID-19 Era
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted normal small business operations and will likely limit the ability of many enterprises to stay financially afloat. Although lenders have become better equipped to evaluate risks and serve small businesses, the supply of credit tends to shrink during economic downturns.
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Residential Foreclosures in Texas Depart from National Trends
Since 2005, mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures across the U.S. have escalated from historically low levels. In Texas, the number of foreclosures has been among the highest in the nation. However, Texas has the second-largest population among the 50 states and a large number of home mortgages. Its foreclosure rate as a percentage of total mortgages has not ranked high.
Journal Article
Go Figure: Loan Delinquencies Start to Climb After Falling with Stimulus and Relief
COVID-19 stimulus and loan relief helped Texas borrowers avoid falling behind on loan payments in 2020's second quarter.
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Subprime Mortgage Performance by Metro Area
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown lead the state with the most securitized, owner-occupied subprime mortgages. These two metros also have a much larger number of problematic loans compared with other Texas metros.
Journal Article
Savings programs associated with VITA
There are thousands of Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites across the country and more than 250 in Texas. Located at libraries, community colleges, churches and community-based organizations, these sites pop up during tax season in areas accessible to low- and moderate-income (LMI) workers.
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Federal COVID-19 Relief Aided Consumer Debt, Though Immigrant Texans Derived Less Benefit
U.S. and Texas residents shored up their household finances during the COVID-19 recession. The prevalence of various federal-level assistance programs helped boost savings and broadly reduce debt. Among mostly immigrant groups, this tendency was less pronounced, likely due to legal and socioeconomic barriers.
Working Paper
Reentering asset poverty after an exit: evidence from the PSID
In order to be successful at improving household's financial self-sufficiency and stability, asset-building policies must be designed to prevent households from falling back into asset poverty once they exit it. This paper uses the Panel Study of Income Dynamics data from 1994 to 2007 to analyze the influence of life events, demographics and financial behaviors on the duration out of asset poverty. We find evidence that suggests there are structural barriers to asset acquisition. Asset accumulation at levels equal to nine months worth of income at the income poverty level or greater is ...
Journal Article
Texas Housing and Mortgage Update
The mortgage crisis precipitated a long-lasting economic recession and sent millions of American homeowners into foreclosure. Now, as retail sales, consumer confidence and employment show encouraging progress almost three years after the recession?s end, the housing market is slowly gaining some momentum.
Journal Article
Alternative Refund Settlement Products May Compromise Asset-Building Goals
High-cost, short-term loans such as the refund anticipation loan (RAL) have historically been popular with low-income filers. RALs are based on the taxpayer's expected refund and are issued at the time of filing. They allow the taxpayer to receive an anticipated refund earlier, in the form of a loan. These products have often been associated with high prices and extra filing costs. Nationwide, 7.2 million taxpayers received RALs in 2009, and 87 percent of those were low income.
Diverse, Resilient Houston Looking at Moving Beyond Traditional Energy Base
Dallas Fed President Lorie K. Logan met with Houston business and community leaders earlier this month in the first of 12 stops on her 360° in 365 Listening Tour.Di