http://www.foreclosurefish.net/foreclosureblog/2008/09/the-roots-of-the-mortgage-crisis-the-1970s/ Free foreclosure help and advice Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:40:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC3 http://www.foreclosurefish.net/foreclosureblog/2008/09/the-roots-of-the-mortgage-crisis-the-1970s/#comment-491 Simple Video Explanation of the Housing Collapse and Credit Crisis | Foreclosure Help Blog Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:07:39 +0000 http://www.foreclosurefish.net/foreclosureblog/?p=83#comment-491 [...] Notice how the entire system is set up by the Federal Reserve System, with former chairman Alan Greenspan artificially lowering interest rates after the dot-com bust and the September 11, 2001 downturn in the market. Banks went crazy borrowing from the Fed and other banks, and used that money to borrow more money, with the malinvestment gravitating to the housing market. [...] […] Notice how the entire system is set up by the Federal Reserve System, with former chairman Alan Greenspan artificially lowering interest rates after the dot-com bust and the September 11, 2001 downturn in the market. Banks went crazy borrowing from the Fed and other banks, and used that money to borrow more money, with the malinvestment gravitating to the housing market. […]

]]> http://www.foreclosurefish.net/foreclosureblog/2008/09/the-roots-of-the-mortgage-crisis-the-1970s/#comment-440 Revisiting the Subprime Mortgage Collapse: Securitization | Foreclosure Help Blog Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:32:40 +0000 http://www.foreclosurefish.net/foreclosureblog/?p=83#comment-440 [...] it became known that people were given loans with no regard to their ability to pay them back, the mortgage securities instantly became impossible to value, at best, and worthless, at worst. Without a large number of [...] […] it became known that people were given loans with no regard to their ability to pay them back, the mortgage securities instantly became impossible to value, at best, and worthless, at worst. Without a large number of […]

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