Housing finance and the secondary mortgage market : alternatives for change / Sally G. Mitchell, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitchell, Sally G., editor.

Series:

Housing, issues, laws and programs series.

Housing, Issues, Laws and Programs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing--Finance.

Mortgages.

Secondary mortgage market.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When making a decision about housing, a household must choose between renting and owning. Multiple factors, such as a household's financial status and expectations about the future, will influence the decision. Few that decide to purchase a home have the necessary savings or available financial resources to make the purchase on their own. Most need to take out a loan. A loan that uses real estate as collateral is typically referred to as a mortgage. This book serves as a primer that explains how the system of housing finance works. This book also examines various mechanisms that policy-makers

Contents:

HOUSING FINANCE AND THE SECONDARY MORTGAGE MARKET: ALTERNATIVES FOR CHANGE; HOUSING FINANCE AND THE SECONDARY MORTGAGE MARKET: ALTERNATIVES FOR CHANGE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: AN OVERVIEW OF THE HOUSING FINANCE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES; Chapter 2: TRANSITIONING TO ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES FOR HOUSING FINANCE; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 25, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-878-X