Tag: Balanced Approach
Fed to Curb Shady Home-lending Practices
The Federal Reserve will issue new rules next week aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices, its most sweeping response to a housing crisis that has propelled foreclosures to record highs. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke of the much-awaited rules in a broader speech Tuesday about the challenges confronting policymakers in trying to [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2008 under Federal Reserve, Foreclosures, Loans, Mortgage Lending, Personal Finance, Real Estate.
Tags: Balanced Approach, Ben Bernanke, Board Meeting, Consumer Groups, Credit Crisis, Current Mortgage, Emergency Loan Program, Fed Board, Fed Chairman, Federal Reserve, Foreclosures, Home Loan, Homebuyers, Incomes, Mortgage Bankers Association, Mortgage Lenders, Mortgage Lending, Policymakers, Record Highs, Subprime Borrowers
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