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What’s Next for the CRA?

By | 01.18.10 | 6:00 am

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An ambitious plan to update the Carter-era Community Reinvestment Act that supporters hope to see signed into law in 2010 comes amid charges that this legislation was responsible for nothing less than the subprime crisis and the resulting collapse of the residential real estate market.

The plan, sponsored by More…

Class Action Suit Accuses Wells Fargo of Discrimination by Neighborhood

By | 09.09.09 | 2:00 pm

Just a year ago, the theory that poor and minority borrowers were to blame for the housing crisis took hold with a vengeance, and so did the belief that the government forced lenders to make subprime mortgages to meet affordable housing goals. The view took on greater More…