GSE activity, FHA feedback, and implications for the efficacy of the affordable housing goals

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-231

  An, Xudong ^a   Bostic, Raphael W ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable housing goals; Credit rationing; FHA; GSE; Homeownership; Underserved neighborhoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149044101     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-007-9066-2     Document Type: Article

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