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Tag: Subprime lending

Bankless America

National issues•by •Posted December 6, 2009

The FDIC recently released a study that finds that 60 million Americans, a quarter of all U.S. households, are either…

Tags: Economic integration, Predatory lending, Subprime lending

Brownsville CDC director discusses recent changes in border low-income housing and colonias

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 26, 2009

Homebuyers buying new houses through a CDC in Brownsville, Texas have an average income of $19,000. Low-income border families, who…

Tags: Brownsville, Colonias, Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosure, Subprime lending, Texas Housing Trust Fund

Doggett/Henneberger diavolg on consumer protection legislation for mortgage borrowers in the Texas Legislature

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 24, 2009

Robert Doggett worked on behalf of TxLIHIS during the past session of the Texas Legislature, One of his main focus…

Tags: Home foreclosure, Subprime lending

The truly critical issue the Legislature failed to act on

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 2, 2009

My colleague Robert Doggett pointed out to me yesterday just how pathetic the Texas Legislature’s efforts to deal with the…

Tags: Predatory lending, Subprime lending

Another voice against the attack on the Community Reinvestment Act

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 7, 2008

On October 3 Bill Moyers interviewed Emma Coleman Jordan about the mortgage meltdown and the latest cries that the Community…

Tags: Community Reinvestment Act, Subprime lending

The big lie about the role of affordable lending goals in the collapse of Fannie Mae

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 6, 2008

The Big Lie:  Fannie Mae collapsed because of Congressional affordable housing goals and this, in turn, was the cause of…

Tags: Community Reinvestment Act, Fannie Mae, Subprime lending

Shifting the blame from subprime lenders and Wall Street to the victims

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 3, 2008

It’s to be expected.  Anti-government pundits and apologists for predatory lenders are spinning hard, trying to shift the blame for…

Tags: Community Reinvestment Act, Subprime lending

The foreclosure resistant low income mortgage loan

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 21, 2008

The $700 billion bailout of Wall Street brought about by the subprime/ predatory mortgage debacle points out that there needs…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosures, Subprime lending

Who says home equity loans are a good idea?

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 19, 2008

Who says home equity loans (second mortgages) are a good idea? Primarily the banks who pushed home equity loans into…

Tags: Predatory lending, Subprime lending

The Texas mortgage industry needs to take a hard look in the mirror

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 9, 2008

After reading Richard Bitner’s new book, Confessions of a Subprime Lender: An Insider’s Tale of Geed, Fraud and Ignorance I…

Tags: Subprime lending

Texas Teachers Retirement Fund speculates in subprime mortgage backed securities

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 24, 2008

Demonstrating poor judgment the Texas Teacher’s Retirement Fund announced it is planning to invest $250 million of retirement funds of…

Tags: Subprime lending

An important role for state legislatures in the foreclosure crisis

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 16, 2008

Financial Institutions Committee Chairman Burt Solomon is reasonable and fair in approaching the issue of state regulation of financial institutions.…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosure, Mortgage brokers, Subprime lending

One perspective on the Texas foreclosure crisis

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 15, 2008

View Dr. James Gaines presentation [it takes a couple minutes to begin playing] before the Texas House financial institutions committee…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosures, Subprime lending

Dealing (or not) with the foreclosure crisis in Texas

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 14, 2008

Watch Robert Doggett’s testimony before the Financial Services Committee, or better yet watch the entire hearing. On Wednesday Robert Doggett,…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Predatory lending, Subprime lending

Understanding the role of GSEs, HUD and affordable housing in the subprime crisis

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 12, 2008

A page 1 story in the Washingtom Post Tuesday laid a major part of the blame for the subprime lending…

Tags: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, GSEs, Mortgage crisis, Subprime lending
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