Friday, July 30th, 2010

In FY 2008, a national subprime mortgage crisis not only threatened HUD’s goals of raising minority and low-income homeownership, but triggered a global financial crisis. The crises have led to record-level foreclosures and defaults, communities in decline, and an unstable housing market. Many homeowners that held subprime adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) unexpectedly but inevitably faced [...]