The document discusses the subprime mortgage crisis that began in the early 2000s and led to a recession. It describes how many Americans took out subprime mortgages that they could not afford once rates adjusted higher. This caused a surge in foreclosures that hurt the housing and construction industries. While the crisis began in 2001, its effects were not fully felt until 2007 when home prices declined significantly and the economy entered a recession. Recent investments in housing developments suggest a possible recovery, but many are still dealing with the financial impacts of the crisis years later.
In a speech following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and in the midst of the accompanying U.S. recession, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan made a declaration that turned the world of the investment bankers upside down. Greenspan declared that the FOMC (Federal Open Markets Committee) stood prepared to maintain a highly accommodative policy stance for as long as needed to promote satisfactory economic performance. Translated from central banker speak, what Greenspan meant is that he is willing to inflate the money supply and hence lower interest rates for as long as necessary to “revive” the economy and repair it from the shock it received on that fateful day. What this meant for investors in the U.S. Treasury bond market is that they were not going to make any money on U.S. treasury securities for a very long time. Smart investors, diverted from the bond market, scanned Wall Street for a similar low-risk, high-return investment that could take the place of U.S. Treasury securities, and they fell in love with residential mortgages. On September 18, 2008, after months of economic anxiety and several massive bailouts of distressed firms by the government, the stock market had its largest single-day drop since September 11, 2001. Officials and commentators declared an economic emergency and moved on two fronts. The Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve Board ("Fed") dusted off a 1932 statute and invoked the Fed's authority to stabilize failing firms by lending them money, although some were allowed to fail.
The Great Recession of 2008-2010 was caused by a combination of factors that led to instability in the US housing and financial markets. Cheap credit and low interest rates fueled a housing bubble as borrowers took on risky subprime mortgages. When borrowers began to default, it sparked a financial crisis as institutions holding these mortgages faced losses. Global trade imbalances and weak lending practices exacerbated the issues. While all countries were affected, the crisis revealed the US's growing economic dependence on countries like China and raised questions about US economic dominance going forward.
The document discusses the causes and impacts of the subprime mortgage crisis that began in 2008. It describes how loose lending practices led to many borrowers taking out loans they could not afford, resulting in mass foreclosures when borrowers defaulted. This undermined the mortgage industry and global credit markets. The crisis significantly impacted the US and European economies through loss of home equity and wealth, rising unemployment, and declining GDP.
The Post provides comprehensive coverage of the financial crisis through its location in Washington D.C. and partnerships with other major news organizations. It analyzes the crisis from its early signs in 2004 through the present day recovery. During the crisis, it covered the effects on markets, housing, jobs and Main Street. It also closely tracked government policies and debates around regulating Wall Street and aiding struggling industries. In the post-crisis period, it has reported on the challenges of economic recovery and how growth has not benefitted all workers.
Alternative Currencies: The Solution to the Economic Crisis?Brian McConnell
"What is now being called the 'Great Recession' shows no sign of ending either in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world. What then should be done? In many locations people are increasingly turning to creation of alternative currencies. But can these really be effective?
This and many other questions will be addressed by Richard C. Cook, author and retired U.S. Treasury analyst."
As a resident of Roanoke and director of the Peace Spiritual Center, Richard brings a wealth of information and an open-eyed critique of the most discussed solutions as well as examples from both ancient and recent history.
Presentation at Texas Christian University\'s AddRan Festival Of Undergraduate Scholarship and Creativity, April 2009 and winner of TCU\'s Economic Department Award to Best Presentation in Economics.
The Causes of the 2007-08 Financial Crisis: Investigative StudyPhil Goldney
A comprehensive study of the causes of the 2007-08 global Banking Crisis, incorporating primary research from industry professionals. The study amounts to approximately 6000 words. Please contact me for the extensive and comprehensive bibliography.
The document provides an overview of the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. It discusses risky government policies in the late 1990s and 2000s that encouraged homeownership and an unregulated derivatives market. These policies contributed to a housing bubble fueled by subprime lending and excessive risk-taking by financial institutions. When home prices peaked in 2006 and then declined, foreclosures increased which weakened banks and led to a broader economic crisis. The government implemented TARP and other programs to bail out financial institutions and stabilize the economy.
In a speech following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and in the midst of the accompanying U.S. recession, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan made a declaration that turned the world of the investment bankers upside down. Greenspan declared that the FOMC (Federal Open Markets Committee) stood prepared to maintain a highly accommodative policy stance for as long as needed to promote satisfactory economic performance. Translated from central banker speak, what Greenspan meant is that he is willing to inflate the money supply and hence lower interest rates for as long as necessary to “revive” the economy and repair it from the shock it received on that fateful day. What this meant for investors in the U.S. Treasury bond market is that they were not going to make any money on U.S. treasury securities for a very long time. Smart investors, diverted from the bond market, scanned Wall Street for a similar low-risk, high-return investment that could take the place of U.S. Treasury securities, and they fell in love with residential mortgages. On September 18, 2008, after months of economic anxiety and several massive bailouts of distressed firms by the government, the stock market had its largest single-day drop since September 11, 2001. Officials and commentators declared an economic emergency and moved on two fronts. The Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve Board ("Fed") dusted off a 1932 statute and invoked the Fed's authority to stabilize failing firms by lending them money, although some were allowed to fail.
The Great Recession of 2008-2010 was caused by a combination of factors that led to instability in the US housing and financial markets. Cheap credit and low interest rates fueled a housing bubble as borrowers took on risky subprime mortgages. When borrowers began to default, it sparked a financial crisis as institutions holding these mortgages faced losses. Global trade imbalances and weak lending practices exacerbated the issues. While all countries were affected, the crisis revealed the US's growing economic dependence on countries like China and raised questions about US economic dominance going forward.
The document discusses the causes and impacts of the subprime mortgage crisis that began in 2008. It describes how loose lending practices led to many borrowers taking out loans they could not afford, resulting in mass foreclosures when borrowers defaulted. This undermined the mortgage industry and global credit markets. The crisis significantly impacted the US and European economies through loss of home equity and wealth, rising unemployment, and declining GDP.
The Post provides comprehensive coverage of the financial crisis through its location in Washington D.C. and partnerships with other major news organizations. It analyzes the crisis from its early signs in 2004 through the present day recovery. During the crisis, it covered the effects on markets, housing, jobs and Main Street. It also closely tracked government policies and debates around regulating Wall Street and aiding struggling industries. In the post-crisis period, it has reported on the challenges of economic recovery and how growth has not benefitted all workers.
Alternative Currencies: The Solution to the Economic Crisis?Brian McConnell
"What is now being called the 'Great Recession' shows no sign of ending either in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world. What then should be done? In many locations people are increasingly turning to creation of alternative currencies. But can these really be effective?
This and many other questions will be addressed by Richard C. Cook, author and retired U.S. Treasury analyst."
As a resident of Roanoke and director of the Peace Spiritual Center, Richard brings a wealth of information and an open-eyed critique of the most discussed solutions as well as examples from both ancient and recent history.
Presentation at Texas Christian University\'s AddRan Festival Of Undergraduate Scholarship and Creativity, April 2009 and winner of TCU\'s Economic Department Award to Best Presentation in Economics.
The Causes of the 2007-08 Financial Crisis: Investigative StudyPhil Goldney
A comprehensive study of the causes of the 2007-08 global Banking Crisis, incorporating primary research from industry professionals. The study amounts to approximately 6000 words. Please contact me for the extensive and comprehensive bibliography.
The document provides an overview of the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. It discusses risky government policies in the late 1990s and 2000s that encouraged homeownership and an unregulated derivatives market. These policies contributed to a housing bubble fueled by subprime lending and excessive risk-taking by financial institutions. When home prices peaked in 2006 and then declined, foreclosures increased which weakened banks and led to a broader economic crisis. The government implemented TARP and other programs to bail out financial institutions and stabilize the economy.
The Wall Street-caused financial crisis and ongoing economic downturn have cost the American people an estimated $12.8 trillion so far. This includes actual losses in GDP as well as additional losses avoided through government spending and Federal Reserve actions. The crisis resulted in tens of millions of unemployed Americans, massive losses in household wealth totaling $19 trillion, and huge government bailouts and support programs. While the full costs are impossible to calculate, $12.8 trillion likely understates the true financial toll of the crisis on the US economy and its citizens.
This document provides an overview of media coverage of the financial crisis from 2005-2010 through summaries of various articles on the topic. It discusses early warnings of a potential housing bubble; predictions from experts in 2005 that the rapid rise in housing prices would stabilize; the events of 2007-2008 that triggered the crisis including subprime mortgage defaults and collapse of lenders; effects like rising unemployment and falling home prices; government interventions such as bailing out financial institutions; how the crisis impacted different groups like seniors and students; international effects; predictions for 2010 of continued high unemployment; and advice on steps individuals could take in response to the difficult economic conditions.
This document provides an overview of media coverage of the financial crisis from 2005-2010 through summaries of various articles on the topic. It discusses early warnings of a potential housing bubble in 2005, predictions of a slowing or stabilizing housing market also in 2005. By 2006, some experts predicted home price declines in overheated markets by late 2007. In 2008, the document outlines key events that triggered the crisis such as losses by subprime lenders. It provides summaries of advice on protecting oneself and explanations of government interventions. Later summaries discuss effects on individuals, other countries, and predictions of a slow economic recovery.
This document provides an overview of media coverage of the financial crisis from 2005-2010 through summaries of various articles on the topic. It discusses early concerns about a potential housing bubble in 2005, optimistic predictions that the rise in home prices would stabilize, and predictions of price declines in some markets by 2007. It then summarizes the events that triggered the crisis in 2007-2008, including subprime mortgage defaults and failures of lenders and banks. Later summaries explain government interventions and their impact, effects on different groups, global impacts, and predictions of a slow economic recovery.
This document provides an overview of media coverage of the financial crisis from 2005-2010 through summaries of various articles on the topic. It discusses early warnings of a potential housing bubble in 2005, predictions of a slowing or stabilizing housing market also in 2005. By 2006, some experts predicted home price declines in overheated markets by late 2007. The document then summarizes the events of the financial crisis in 2007-2008, including the collapse of subprime lenders and Bear Stearns as well as the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It discusses effects on individuals as seniors, students, or workers and actions by the government and Federal Reserve to intervene and stimulate the economy. Later sections consider global impacts and
The document summarizes the key factors that led to the 2008 financial crisis and outlines steps taken by the US government to address it. Specifically, it discusses how stagnant real wage growth, rising consumer debt, the housing bubble bursting, overuse of risky financial instruments like credit default swaps, and lack of oversight combined to undermine the economy. The government responded with a $700 billion bailout package aimed at stabilizing banks, boosting liquidity, and removing toxic assets from balance sheets.
Housing Market and Economic Outlook: July 2011REALTORS
- The housing market showed signs of improvement in the first quarter of 2011 compared to 2010, though sales were still down in many areas due to the end of the homebuyer tax credit.
- Job growth and economic factors like rising stock markets and rents are expected to support a more stable housing market going forward, with annual sales growth projected around 4% without tax credits.
- However, uncertainty remains around potential policy changes in Washington and high unemployment could continue hindering the recovery.
The document analyzes the key causes of the 2007-2008 housing bubble and financial crisis. It discusses several factors:
1) Government policies in the 1970s-2000s that deregulated lending standards in an effort to promote homeownership, making riskier loans more widely available.
2) Government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac came under pressure to purchase riskier loans to meet quotas, further spreading risky lending.
3) The Federal Reserve kept interest rates low in the early 2000s, fueling the bubble, then raised rates in 2004-2006, increasing foreclosures on adjustable rate mortgages.
4) Mortgage lenders aggressively targeted riskier borrowers with
The document summarizes the causes and effects of the 2008 financial crisis. It identifies low interest rates, lack of regulations, risky subprime lending, securitization of mortgages, and conflicts of interest between banks, rating agencies, and borrowers as contributing factors. Major effects included destruction of wealth, rising poverty, job losses, increased food stamp usage, and a domino effect of bank failures exacerbating the crisis. The crisis disproportionately hurt the poor and middle class while concentrating more wealth among the richest 1%.
Bubble spotting - Subprime Mortgage crisis / Housing bubble 2007-2008Benjamin Van As
In the early to mid 2000s a housing bubble was created due to easy access to credit. The fall-out once investment bubble popped nearly brought the banking sector to its knees
This short presentation (part of a series on bubbles) explained what happened
The document provides an overview of media coverage and expert opinions on the US housing crisis and financial crisis from 2005 to 2010. It includes perspectives from that time period on whether a housing bubble existed, what factors contributed to the bubble, predictions of price declines or continued growth, explanations of key events that triggered the crisis in 2007-2008, discussions of government assistance programs, and predictions about the economic outlook and impact on individuals. A wide range of sources and viewpoints are featured from national real estate groups, economists, government officials, and analysts.
This paper is a summary of press clippings gleaned from Internet during the period April to July 2008. This exercise was performed to provide a quick summary of the US credit crisis at that particular point in time / 2nd quarter 2008. The paper was presented to a non native English speaking European audience consisting primarily of insolvency judges July 3rd 2008 in Paris.
The financial crisis was caused by a combination of deregulation of the banking sector, lack of adequate supervision, and the application of flawed economic theories. Banks took on increasingly risky assets due to moral hazard from government guarantees. Their balance sheets became tightly linked to asset bubbles like the housing bubble. When the bubbles burst, banks' balance sheets crashed, threatening the financial system. To address the crisis, governments need Keynesian policies to sustain demand while banks deleverage by shrinking their inflated balance sheets. Recapitalizing banks will substitute government debt for private debt.
This document presents a slideshow about case studies in New York City property development. It examines development projects in NYC and the economic benefits provided by the city to encourage development. It discusses issues like vacant and underused land, including parking lots and low-rise "taxpayer" buildings near subway stations. It analyzes specific properties in Manhattan and Brooklyn that are assessed at much lower values than comparable properties, suggesting property owners are benefitting from low tax assessments. The slideshow argues that raising land value tax assessments would not reduce affordable housing and would incentivize more efficient use of land.
The document analyzes debt levels across various sectors in the US economy following the 2008 financial crisis to determine if conditions are ripe for a sequel to the book and film "The Big Short." It finds that household, financial institution, corporate, and state/local government debt all improved significantly from crisis levels. While federal debt ballooned, interest payments remain a small percentage of spending for now. With debt trends healthier overall, the conditions that caused the crisis are unlikely to reoccur, so a sequel called "The Big Short 2" would lack a true story to be based on.
The document discusses the possibility of a national housing shortage in the United States in the coming years. It notes that while housing inventories are currently high due to the recession and foreclosures, population growth means the country needs around 1.6 million new housing units per year, but construction is currently only around 500,000-600,000 units annually. Several economists predict that demand for housing will outstrip supply by 2011, leading to rising home and rent prices. The shortage is already occurring in some high-growth areas, but low construction rates mean new development is not keeping up with demand nationally.
This document contains a proposed bill that would allow American citizens to modify their existing home mortgages to a 4% interest rate without changing lenders. This is intended to help stimulate the economy by decreasing unemployment, preventing foreclosures and bank-owned homes, stabilizing the housing market, increasing tax revenues, and helping household budgets. The bill is supported by findings that banks are lending little due to losses on home loans, the slow job and housing market recovery since 2007, the problem of "zombie foreclosures" lingering for years in process while damaging home values, and forecasts of a continued difficult year for the mortgage industry in 2014 due to new regulations.
The Housing Bubble and Financial Crisis: A New ViewKevin Erdmann
1) The housing bubble was driven by supply, not credit, as Americans built new homes to reduce costs by moving to more affordable areas.
2) After 2008, housing markets were driven by a credit shock as low-tier home prices collapsed, rather than by addressing the underlying supply issues.
3) Regulators incorrectly treated the crisis as a credit problem rather than a supply problem, cutting home prices, devastating homeowners' equity, and locking many buyers out of the market long-term.
•••••iA National Profile ofthe Real Estate Industry and.docxanhlodge
•••••i
A National Profile of
the Real Estate Industry and
the Appraisal Profession
by J. Reid Cummings and Donald R. Epley, PhD, MAI, SRA
FEATURES
T
J- he
he real estate industry has been devastated on many fronts' in the years
following the Great Recession, whieh began in 2007^ due to the bursting of the
housing bubble and the subsequent finaneial crisis relating to the mortgage
market meltdown.' The implosion of the mortgage markets initially began when
two Bear Stearns mortgage-backed securities hedge funds, holding nearly $10
billion in assets, disintegrated into nothing.* Panie quickly spread to financial
institutions that could not hide the extent of their toxic, subprime exposures, and
a massive, worldwide credit squeeze ensued; outright fear soon replaced panic.
Subsequent eredit tightening and substantial illiquidity in the financial markets
rapidly and severely affected the housing and construction markets.' Throughout
the United States, properties of all kinds saw dramatic value declines.
In thousands of cases, real estate foreclosures disrupted people's lives,
forced businesses to close, eaused financial institutions to falter, capsized wbole
market segments, devastated entire industries, and squeezed municipal and state
government budgets dependent upon use and property tax revenues.* While the
effeets of property value declines and the waves of foreclosures in markets across
the country captured most of the headlines, one significant impact of the upheaval
in US real estate markets has gone largely unreported: its impact on employment
in the real estate industry, and specifically, the real estate appraisal profession.
This article presents a
current employment
profile of the US real
estate industry, with
special attention given
to appraisal profes-
sionals. It serves as an
informative picture of
the appraisal profession
for use as a benchmark
for future assessment
of growth. As a
component of the real
estate industry, the
appraisal profession
ranks as the smallest
in employment, is
highly correlated to
movements in empioy-
ment of brokers and
agents, and relies on
commerciai banking,
credit, and real estate
lessors and managers
to deliver its products.
1. James R. DeLisle, "At the Crossroads of Expansion and Recession," TheAppraisalJournal 75, no. 4 (Fall 2007):
314-322; James R. DeLisle, "The Perfect Storm Rippiing Over to Reai Estate," The Appraisal Journal 76, no,
3 (Summer 2008): 200-210.
2. Randaii W. Eberts, "When Wiii US Empioyment Recover from tiie Great Recession?" International Labor Brief
9, no. 2 (2011): 4-12 (W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research): Chad R. Wilkerson, "Recession and
Recovery Across the Nation: Lessons from History," Economic Review 94, no. 2 (2009): 5-24.
3. Kataiina M. Bianco, The Subprime Lending Crisis: Causes and Effects of the Mortgage Meltdown (New York:
CCH, inc., 2008): Lawrence H. White, "Fédérai Reserve Policy and the Housing Bubbie," in Lessons Fro.
The subprime crisis was caused by a rise in risky mortgages given to borrowers with poor credit starting in 2007, contributing to a recession. Lenders offered many subprime loans during the mid-2000s housing boom when interest rates were low. When housing prices fell, many subprime borrowers defaulted on their loans. This caused losses for banks and mortgage companies and a freeze in the credit markets. The crisis had ripple effects across the global economy and required government intervention to stabilize markets. While the U.S. economy recovered by 2011, there were lasting impacts on household wealth and debt levels.
The global financial crisis, brewing for a while, really started to show its effects in the middle of 2008. Around the world stock markets have fallen, large financial institutions have collapsed or been bought out, and governments in even the wealthiest nations have had to come up with rescue packages to bail out their financial systems.
On the one hand many people are concerned that those responsible for the financial problems are the ones being bailed out, while on the other hand, a global financial meltdown will affect the livelihoods of almost everyone in an increasingly inter-connected world. The problem could have been avoided, if ideologues supporting the current economics models weren’t so vocal, influential and inconsiderate of others’ viewpoints and concerns.
This presentation provides an overview of the crisis with links for further, more detailed, coverage at the end.
A crisis so severe, the world financial system is shaken…
Attached is a wonderful presentation by the wizard financial analyst and writer Arif Anees. Hope you'd all relish this rare stuff..
The Wall Street-caused financial crisis and ongoing economic downturn have cost the American people an estimated $12.8 trillion so far. This includes actual losses in GDP as well as additional losses avoided through government spending and Federal Reserve actions. The crisis resulted in tens of millions of unemployed Americans, massive losses in household wealth totaling $19 trillion, and huge government bailouts and support programs. While the full costs are impossible to calculate, $12.8 trillion likely understates the true financial toll of the crisis on the US economy and its citizens.
This document provides an overview of media coverage of the financial crisis from 2005-2010 through summaries of various articles on the topic. It discusses early warnings of a potential housing bubble; predictions from experts in 2005 that the rapid rise in housing prices would stabilize; the events of 2007-2008 that triggered the crisis including subprime mortgage defaults and collapse of lenders; effects like rising unemployment and falling home prices; government interventions such as bailing out financial institutions; how the crisis impacted different groups like seniors and students; international effects; predictions for 2010 of continued high unemployment; and advice on steps individuals could take in response to the difficult economic conditions.
This document provides an overview of media coverage of the financial crisis from 2005-2010 through summaries of various articles on the topic. It discusses early warnings of a potential housing bubble in 2005, predictions of a slowing or stabilizing housing market also in 2005. By 2006, some experts predicted home price declines in overheated markets by late 2007. In 2008, the document outlines key events that triggered the crisis such as losses by subprime lenders. It provides summaries of advice on protecting oneself and explanations of government interventions. Later summaries discuss effects on individuals, other countries, and predictions of a slow economic recovery.
This document provides an overview of media coverage of the financial crisis from 2005-2010 through summaries of various articles on the topic. It discusses early concerns about a potential housing bubble in 2005, optimistic predictions that the rise in home prices would stabilize, and predictions of price declines in some markets by 2007. It then summarizes the events that triggered the crisis in 2007-2008, including subprime mortgage defaults and failures of lenders and banks. Later summaries explain government interventions and their impact, effects on different groups, global impacts, and predictions of a slow economic recovery.
This document provides an overview of media coverage of the financial crisis from 2005-2010 through summaries of various articles on the topic. It discusses early warnings of a potential housing bubble in 2005, predictions of a slowing or stabilizing housing market also in 2005. By 2006, some experts predicted home price declines in overheated markets by late 2007. The document then summarizes the events of the financial crisis in 2007-2008, including the collapse of subprime lenders and Bear Stearns as well as the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It discusses effects on individuals as seniors, students, or workers and actions by the government and Federal Reserve to intervene and stimulate the economy. Later sections consider global impacts and
The document summarizes the key factors that led to the 2008 financial crisis and outlines steps taken by the US government to address it. Specifically, it discusses how stagnant real wage growth, rising consumer debt, the housing bubble bursting, overuse of risky financial instruments like credit default swaps, and lack of oversight combined to undermine the economy. The government responded with a $700 billion bailout package aimed at stabilizing banks, boosting liquidity, and removing toxic assets from balance sheets.
Housing Market and Economic Outlook: July 2011REALTORS
- The housing market showed signs of improvement in the first quarter of 2011 compared to 2010, though sales were still down in many areas due to the end of the homebuyer tax credit.
- Job growth and economic factors like rising stock markets and rents are expected to support a more stable housing market going forward, with annual sales growth projected around 4% without tax credits.
- However, uncertainty remains around potential policy changes in Washington and high unemployment could continue hindering the recovery.
The document analyzes the key causes of the 2007-2008 housing bubble and financial crisis. It discusses several factors:
1) Government policies in the 1970s-2000s that deregulated lending standards in an effort to promote homeownership, making riskier loans more widely available.
2) Government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac came under pressure to purchase riskier loans to meet quotas, further spreading risky lending.
3) The Federal Reserve kept interest rates low in the early 2000s, fueling the bubble, then raised rates in 2004-2006, increasing foreclosures on adjustable rate mortgages.
4) Mortgage lenders aggressively targeted riskier borrowers with
The document summarizes the causes and effects of the 2008 financial crisis. It identifies low interest rates, lack of regulations, risky subprime lending, securitization of mortgages, and conflicts of interest between banks, rating agencies, and borrowers as contributing factors. Major effects included destruction of wealth, rising poverty, job losses, increased food stamp usage, and a domino effect of bank failures exacerbating the crisis. The crisis disproportionately hurt the poor and middle class while concentrating more wealth among the richest 1%.
Bubble spotting - Subprime Mortgage crisis / Housing bubble 2007-2008Benjamin Van As
In the early to mid 2000s a housing bubble was created due to easy access to credit. The fall-out once investment bubble popped nearly brought the banking sector to its knees
This short presentation (part of a series on bubbles) explained what happened
The document provides an overview of media coverage and expert opinions on the US housing crisis and financial crisis from 2005 to 2010. It includes perspectives from that time period on whether a housing bubble existed, what factors contributed to the bubble, predictions of price declines or continued growth, explanations of key events that triggered the crisis in 2007-2008, discussions of government assistance programs, and predictions about the economic outlook and impact on individuals. A wide range of sources and viewpoints are featured from national real estate groups, economists, government officials, and analysts.
This paper is a summary of press clippings gleaned from Internet during the period April to July 2008. This exercise was performed to provide a quick summary of the US credit crisis at that particular point in time / 2nd quarter 2008. The paper was presented to a non native English speaking European audience consisting primarily of insolvency judges July 3rd 2008 in Paris.
The financial crisis was caused by a combination of deregulation of the banking sector, lack of adequate supervision, and the application of flawed economic theories. Banks took on increasingly risky assets due to moral hazard from government guarantees. Their balance sheets became tightly linked to asset bubbles like the housing bubble. When the bubbles burst, banks' balance sheets crashed, threatening the financial system. To address the crisis, governments need Keynesian policies to sustain demand while banks deleverage by shrinking their inflated balance sheets. Recapitalizing banks will substitute government debt for private debt.
This document presents a slideshow about case studies in New York City property development. It examines development projects in NYC and the economic benefits provided by the city to encourage development. It discusses issues like vacant and underused land, including parking lots and low-rise "taxpayer" buildings near subway stations. It analyzes specific properties in Manhattan and Brooklyn that are assessed at much lower values than comparable properties, suggesting property owners are benefitting from low tax assessments. The slideshow argues that raising land value tax assessments would not reduce affordable housing and would incentivize more efficient use of land.
The document analyzes debt levels across various sectors in the US economy following the 2008 financial crisis to determine if conditions are ripe for a sequel to the book and film "The Big Short." It finds that household, financial institution, corporate, and state/local government debt all improved significantly from crisis levels. While federal debt ballooned, interest payments remain a small percentage of spending for now. With debt trends healthier overall, the conditions that caused the crisis are unlikely to reoccur, so a sequel called "The Big Short 2" would lack a true story to be based on.
The document discusses the possibility of a national housing shortage in the United States in the coming years. It notes that while housing inventories are currently high due to the recession and foreclosures, population growth means the country needs around 1.6 million new housing units per year, but construction is currently only around 500,000-600,000 units annually. Several economists predict that demand for housing will outstrip supply by 2011, leading to rising home and rent prices. The shortage is already occurring in some high-growth areas, but low construction rates mean new development is not keeping up with demand nationally.
This document contains a proposed bill that would allow American citizens to modify their existing home mortgages to a 4% interest rate without changing lenders. This is intended to help stimulate the economy by decreasing unemployment, preventing foreclosures and bank-owned homes, stabilizing the housing market, increasing tax revenues, and helping household budgets. The bill is supported by findings that banks are lending little due to losses on home loans, the slow job and housing market recovery since 2007, the problem of "zombie foreclosures" lingering for years in process while damaging home values, and forecasts of a continued difficult year for the mortgage industry in 2014 due to new regulations.
The Housing Bubble and Financial Crisis: A New ViewKevin Erdmann
1) The housing bubble was driven by supply, not credit, as Americans built new homes to reduce costs by moving to more affordable areas.
2) After 2008, housing markets were driven by a credit shock as low-tier home prices collapsed, rather than by addressing the underlying supply issues.
3) Regulators incorrectly treated the crisis as a credit problem rather than a supply problem, cutting home prices, devastating homeowners' equity, and locking many buyers out of the market long-term.
•••••iA National Profile ofthe Real Estate Industry and.docxanhlodge
•••••i
A National Profile of
the Real Estate Industry and
the Appraisal Profession
by J. Reid Cummings and Donald R. Epley, PhD, MAI, SRA
FEATURES
T
J- he
he real estate industry has been devastated on many fronts' in the years
following the Great Recession, whieh began in 2007^ due to the bursting of the
housing bubble and the subsequent finaneial crisis relating to the mortgage
market meltdown.' The implosion of the mortgage markets initially began when
two Bear Stearns mortgage-backed securities hedge funds, holding nearly $10
billion in assets, disintegrated into nothing.* Panie quickly spread to financial
institutions that could not hide the extent of their toxic, subprime exposures, and
a massive, worldwide credit squeeze ensued; outright fear soon replaced panic.
Subsequent eredit tightening and substantial illiquidity in the financial markets
rapidly and severely affected the housing and construction markets.' Throughout
the United States, properties of all kinds saw dramatic value declines.
In thousands of cases, real estate foreclosures disrupted people's lives,
forced businesses to close, eaused financial institutions to falter, capsized wbole
market segments, devastated entire industries, and squeezed municipal and state
government budgets dependent upon use and property tax revenues.* While the
effeets of property value declines and the waves of foreclosures in markets across
the country captured most of the headlines, one significant impact of the upheaval
in US real estate markets has gone largely unreported: its impact on employment
in the real estate industry, and specifically, the real estate appraisal profession.
This article presents a
current employment
profile of the US real
estate industry, with
special attention given
to appraisal profes-
sionals. It serves as an
informative picture of
the appraisal profession
for use as a benchmark
for future assessment
of growth. As a
component of the real
estate industry, the
appraisal profession
ranks as the smallest
in employment, is
highly correlated to
movements in empioy-
ment of brokers and
agents, and relies on
commerciai banking,
credit, and real estate
lessors and managers
to deliver its products.
1. James R. DeLisle, "At the Crossroads of Expansion and Recession," TheAppraisalJournal 75, no. 4 (Fall 2007):
314-322; James R. DeLisle, "The Perfect Storm Rippiing Over to Reai Estate," The Appraisal Journal 76, no,
3 (Summer 2008): 200-210.
2. Randaii W. Eberts, "When Wiii US Empioyment Recover from tiie Great Recession?" International Labor Brief
9, no. 2 (2011): 4-12 (W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research): Chad R. Wilkerson, "Recession and
Recovery Across the Nation: Lessons from History," Economic Review 94, no. 2 (2009): 5-24.
3. Kataiina M. Bianco, The Subprime Lending Crisis: Causes and Effects of the Mortgage Meltdown (New York:
CCH, inc., 2008): Lawrence H. White, "Fédérai Reserve Policy and the Housing Bubbie," in Lessons Fro.
The subprime crisis was caused by a rise in risky mortgages given to borrowers with poor credit starting in 2007, contributing to a recession. Lenders offered many subprime loans during the mid-2000s housing boom when interest rates were low. When housing prices fell, many subprime borrowers defaulted on their loans. This caused losses for banks and mortgage companies and a freeze in the credit markets. The crisis had ripple effects across the global economy and required government intervention to stabilize markets. While the U.S. economy recovered by 2011, there were lasting impacts on household wealth and debt levels.
The global financial crisis, brewing for a while, really started to show its effects in the middle of 2008. Around the world stock markets have fallen, large financial institutions have collapsed or been bought out, and governments in even the wealthiest nations have had to come up with rescue packages to bail out their financial systems.
On the one hand many people are concerned that those responsible for the financial problems are the ones being bailed out, while on the other hand, a global financial meltdown will affect the livelihoods of almost everyone in an increasingly inter-connected world. The problem could have been avoided, if ideologues supporting the current economics models weren’t so vocal, influential and inconsiderate of others’ viewpoints and concerns.
This presentation provides an overview of the crisis with links for further, more detailed, coverage at the end.
A crisis so severe, the world financial system is shaken…
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This document provides an overview of media coverage of the financial crisis from 2005-2010 through summaries of various articles on the topic. It discusses early warnings of a potential housing bubble; predictions from experts in 2005 that the rapid rise in housing prices would stabilize; predictions in 2006 that prices would flatten or drop in some markets; explanations of what happened in 2007-2008 as the crisis unfolded with the collapse of subprime lenders and Bear Stearns; effects like rising bank failures and government intervention; how individuals and the global economy were impacted; and predictions for 2010 of continued high unemployment. The coverage encompasses perspectives from a range of sources including government officials, economists, bankers, and ordinary citizens.
This document provides an overview of media coverage of the financial crisis from 2005-2010 through summaries of various articles on the topic. It discusses early signs of a potential housing bubble in 2005, optimistic predictions from housing experts that year, and concerns about price declines in 2006. It then summarizes the events that triggered the crisis in 2007-2008, including subprime mortgage defaults and failures of lenders and banks. Later sections discuss the effects of the crisis on individuals, steps taken by the government to intervene and stimulate the economy, global impacts, and predictions from experts about the economic recovery.
This document provides an overview of media coverage of the financial crisis from 2005-2010 through summaries of various articles on the topic. It discusses early warnings of a potential housing bubble in 2005, predictions of a slowing or stabilizing housing market also in 2005. By 2006, some experts predicted price drops in overheated markets. The crisis began in 2007 with subprime mortgage losses and bankruptcies. In 2008, major banks collapsed and the government took action to stabilize markets. Coverage explained the impacts on individuals as seniors, students, or workers. Later summaries focused on recovery predictions, advice for individuals, and ongoing economic challenges.
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security. Due to economic and monetary policies, demand for house and properties came down
and many properties got unsold. People and companies who took loan, could not repay it as they
did not have money. Banks could not get their money back and Lehman brothers and Merrill
Lynch got bankrupted. From here the crisis started and then followed by Global economic
downturn, great recession and European debt crisis.
After this crisis GDP and growth rate of USA and other countries came down. Stock market
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2008 Financial Crisis- During 2006-07, US real estate market was at peak and there was boom in
US economy. Everything was going well. This financial crisis began with subprime crisis and
with the collapse of big giants in USA. In USA, people invested into properties and made new
properties by taking loan from banks. Banks provided loan without proper documentation and
security. Due to economic and monetary policies, demand for house and properties came down
and many properties got unsold. People and companies who took loan, could not repay it as they
did not have money. Banks could not get their money back and Lehman brothers and Merrill
Lynch got bankrupted. From here the crisis started and then followed by Global economic
downturn, great recession and European debt crisis.
After this crisis GDP and growth rate of USA and other countries came down. Stock market
crashed in a singe day. The growth came down to the negative figure in 2008 and it happened
after 1928 depression. Dodd frank act was introduced after the crisis to maintain the stability in
financial market and Basel 3 liquidity standards were followed by US and other countries..
Brian Elliott presented his senior project on architecture. He discussed his initial interest in architecture but noted that the subprime mortgage crisis diminished career prospects. He designed a unique home using Autodesk Revit with guidance from his facilitator Melanie Salas. While he enjoyed the design process, he found keeping to building codes tedious and is now more interested in studying existing structures or pursuing graphic design instead of architecture.
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Brian Elliott
Mrs. Corbett
AP Literature
18 November, 2011
Senior Project Research Paper: Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Many people view field s like construction and architecture as unique, interesting and
profitable fields, but, as of now, the ongoing subprime mortgage crisis has greatly hindered these
fields of work. With so many people in debt, the quantity of houses in construction and being
bought have been reduced to a small pool compared to the previous ocean of a market. When the
housing bubble broke in 2001, the market was building up to the meltdown in the later years of
the first decade of the century. Once the market collapsed, it created a major issue for the
construction companies, maintenance workers, Architects and so forth. With the diminishing
career pool, there seems to be an ongoing problem that needs to be addressed in order for future
success.
The early 2000’s brought on floods of new homeowners with subprime mortgages, and
the economy seemed to be in great shape with the Dow Jones Industrial average recently
crossing the 10,000 mark. Americans were not financially prepared, and they were not aware of
the imminent future. Chris Arnold recounts the peak of the subprime mortgages when he points
out that “Analysts say that in September 2005, the subprime lending boom started hitting its
peak. Now a bigger wave of rate resets could mean a flood of foreclosures” (Economists Brace
for Worsening Subprime Crisis). At the end of the quote, Arnold shows the recently increasing
amount of foreclosures, and he effectively predicts the future since this article was written in
2007. In the next few years, the economy became progressively worse as we went entered the
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worst recession since the Great Depression in the 1930’s. Along with this and, in fact, one of the
causes of the depression was the subprime mortgage crisis. Since many people could not keep up
with their, now adjusted and much higher, mortgages on their homes. One man, Mr. Pomales had
a mortgage payment of 2,100 dollars per month, but over the next few months, it increased by
over 500 dollar. Soon, He expects it to increase even more (Arnold). While the general populace
could handle the lower mortgage rates they paid each month, the rising rates forced many into
foreclosure. It seems that some people were barely getting by with the previous rates; so, as they
went up, the population of the lower middle class (and some other classes) could not sustain this
standard of living. In 2007, two major hedge funds collapsed, and the United States and Europe
placed 100 billion dollars in the market to stabilize it, so the “subprime mortgage market [would
continue] to be solid as long as the housing market continued to escalate and interest rates didn’t
go up…By 2006, housing prices started to taper off after rising nearly 40% between 200 and
2006. They are expected to continue their decline through 2007 and most of 2008” (Parks). In
order for the market to stay at a stable position, the housing market had to stay on its current
trend at the time of increasing buyers and stable interest rates, but the government did not predict
the sudden drop off in the housing market which ended up causing the current mortgage crisis.
At the root of this destructive crisis, is the bursting of the theoretical housing bubble.
Katalina Bianco analyzes this concept in her report on the Mortgage Crisis:
The current mortgage meltdown actually began with the bursting of the U.S.
housing “bubble” that began in 2001 and reached its peak in 2005…It is defined
by rapid increases in the valuations of real property until unsustainable levels are
reached in relation to incomes and other indicators of affordability. Following the
rapid increases are decreases in home prices and mortgage debt that is higher than
the value of the property (Bianco).
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It seems as if The United States and various other countries reached the Absolute maximum of
the housing markets parabola, and, now it has come crashing down on a negative slope. The
population continued to buy products that they, in actuality, could not afford, and this trend also
shifted to houses as people continued to buy real estate outside their budget. While all seemed
well at the time, the population was “digging a hole” that will take several years to escape. In
2005, the amount of homeowners and home prices reached their peaks as “The national median
home prices [for March 2005] jumped 11.4 percent to $195,000 from the same month a year
ago…but some analysts said the housing sector has begun to show signs of easing… a U.S.
Commerce report showed a 17.6 percent plunge in housing starts for March” (Neidenberg).
Since this article was written in 2005, Neidenberg did not realize the impending recession that
came in 2007, but he accurately portrays the market at that time. In this year, the median home
prices leaped by over 15,000 dollars in accordance with the number of home buyers. The mass of
home buyers bolstered the market before the flaws were finally brought into the light. Business
Spot lists one of the central causes of the Subprime Mortgage crisis as “High Risk Loans: These
are over levered loans where the financing is done more than the suggested values to be given.
This results in immediate sell off when the property falls below the loan amount and to avoid
further loss the banks commence raising the installment” (Effects of the Mortgage Crisis).
Because of these seemingly cheap loans, many people’s mortgages unexpectedly reset, forcing
them to pay hundreds of extra dollars per month. At the time, these loans seemed to be a cheap
alternative as to what families would normally have to pay, but after a large percentage of
homeowners having their mortgages reset in later years, these loans would end up costing much
more than these people could afford. Even though the period throughout 2001-2005 created a
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façade that showed great success, few could have predicted what was about to happen to the
market.
The disastrous effects of the subprime mortgage crisis have sent the global economy
into a seemingly unending downward spiral. Senator Charles E. Schumer created a short timeline
to chronicle the crisis in 2008: “July 10: Foreclosure filings for June 2008 have jumped 53
percent from this time last year…June 25: Home prices nationwide are down 15.3 percent from a
year ago.” The Senator goes on to state that the number homes foreclosed upon was over
250,000 (Subprime Mortgage Market Crisis Timeline). These staggering numbers show the
unmistakable evidence of how unsustainable the previous prices were. Based on the senator’s
statistics, a year ago there was close to 100,000 less foreclosures than July 2008, and these
obvious irregularities meant massive layoffs in all industries involved in construction. Without
the previous surplus of buyers all of the builders, architects, maintenance workers and more
faced previously unnecessary competition to keep their jobs (The Job Bored). People just
entering the field in the years to come were also confronted with a job market as small as it was
since the Great Depression. The Huffington Post conducted a study of the cities that were hit
worst by the recession in which they discovered that “Most of the cities on [the] list are in
regions worst hit by the housing crash…[all were] booming housing markets before the recession
hit. In the U.S., just fewer than 15 percent of homes were built in the last 10 years. But in some
of the cities…that number is 25 percent and higher” (Sauter). This study shows further evidence
as to the specific cause of the mortgage crisis because each city, generally, had a higher
percentage of homes built after 2000, therefore the percentage and density of foreclosures was
also significantly higher. The 25 percent areas became the areas that were most affected in the
end, and because of the previous trends, it was the predictable outcome. Throughout the ongoing
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recession, these areas have faced a tougher challenge than most, but all around the country there
is a sense of despair.
While society still faces the Subprime Mortgage issue, it has been four to five years since
its start. Along with this period, there have been developments and possible solutions that have
been created in order to ease out of this crisis. Lately, companies are hesitant to build at all
without a guaranteed buyer, unlike before, but “Wheelock Street Capital, which has made
headlines in the past 18 months by teaming with home builders as a private equity investor, has
acquired a coveted 364-acre tract just north of hot Raleigh, N.C., expected to be the site of about
700 homes in the next five years or so” (Housingcrisis.com). While relatively small when one
looks at the mortgage crisis as a whole, this investment shows a possible redemption and
recovery in future years. Over the past year and a half, Wheelock Street Capital has begun what
all building companies need to do on the road to recovery. Although there are still an
unprecedented amount of people dealing with financial issues, financial stability has begun to
return to several areas and many people in the population. This can be applied to the recession as
a whole and just the subprime mortgage crisis, but people and companies need to invest their
money within their budget in order to create an exit from these tough economic times.
It seems that America is reaching the peak of its crisis as things continue to grow worse.
Ben Tracy reports that “the housing report card is ugly. In the past two years, the housing market
has lost an estimated $4.9 trillion dollars, as 59 million homes have declined in value…Nearly 1
in 4 homeowners -- 10.7 million households nationwide -- are underwater on their mortgages.
They owe more than their home is now worth” (Housing Crisis Getting Uglier in 2010). Since
this is a 2010 article, it shows how the numbers continued to become exponentially larger even
just a year ago. Even with the outrageous numbers, there is evidence to suggest that Americans
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are approaching their peak with situations like the Wheeler Street Capital example. While the
times are tough right now, there may be an end in sight. Before this crisis, fields such as
architecture and construction would have seemed to have an unendingly great outlook for years
to come, but current times have created a new perspective. Still, history shows that this will most
likely be a relatively short period that will most likely be resolved before the class of 2012 is out
of college, but a solution must come from the government before this plague can bring any more
financial destruction to our nation’s populace.
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