Tuesday, July 01, 2008

ECONOMY - Abusive Mortgage Lending

"INDYMAC: WHAT WENT WRONG?" (PDF) by Mike Hudson, Center for Responsible Lending (CRL)

IndyMac’s story offers a body of evidence that discredits the notion that the mortgage crisis was caused by rogue brokers or by borrowers who lied to bankroll the purchase of bigger homes or investment properties. CRL’s investigation indicates many of the problems at IndyMac were spawned by top-down pressures that valued short-term growth over protecting borrowers and shareholders’ interests over the long haul.

Opening statement of the report.

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