A history of mortgage banking in the West
Subtitle: financing America's dreams
By: E. Michael Rosser, Diane M. Sanders
Contributors: Sanders, Diane M., author; University Press of Colorado
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9781607326229; 9781607328513
Subjects: Law and legislation; Mortgage banks; History
Other titles: Financing america's dreams
Description: "How the mortgage banking sector worked in the second half of the twentieth century, including analysis of the 2007 mortgage crisis. Beginning with the land and railroad development acts that encouraged Western settlement, traces the laws, institutions, and individuals that contributed to economic growth of the region"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Westward ho!; title: An overview of banks and mortgage banking in the United States; title: Mortgage banking in early Colorado; title: Thrifts, trusts, and title companies as participants in the mortgage market; title: Mortgage bankers, insurance companies, real estate companies, and the correspondent system; title: Early twentieth century urbanization and associationalism; title: The Federal Housing Administration and the Housing Act of 1934 and beyond; title: Government-sponsored enterprises, 1916-1970; title: The Colorado Housing Finance Authority; title: The age of great developers and changing land uses; title: The Mortgage Bankers Association from the post-war era into the new millennium; title: Government-sponsored enterprises after 1968: public-private ownership, control, and political impacts; title: The housing bubble (that Wall Street built) burst; title: Observations and lessons learned (or not).