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The varying effects of predatory lending laws on high-cost mortgage applications.(Report) 

Federal, state, and local predatory lending laws are designed to restrict and in some cases prohibit certain types of high-cost mortgage credit...

Editors' Introduction 

Editors' introduction.(Thirtieth annual economic policy conference) 

What role does the federal government play in the private markets for credit and insurance today, and what role should it play in the future?...

Value of Foreclosed Property, The 

Abstract This paper examines the expected price appreciation of distressed property and compares it to the prevailing metropolitan area...

Rock Solid in Little Rock? 

Compared with some other parts of Arkansas, employment in the Little Rock-North Little Rock metre area has been slow to recover from the 2001...

Evolution of the Subprime Mortgage Market, The 

StAtES FiGHt PREDAtORY LEnDinG in DiFFEREnt WAYS 

To restrict predatory lending in the subprime (high cost) mortgage market, Congress enacted in 1994 the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act...

Fayetteville and Hot Springs Lead the Recovery in Employment 

Among the five metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) outside Little Rock-North Little Rock, only Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers experienced job...

Service industries solidify employment in Arkansas' capital 

Service industries solidify employment in Arkansas' capital. THE NATIONAL RECESSION of 2001 took a toll on employment in the Little Rock area, as...

Service Industries Keep Employment Steady in Arkansas' Capital 

The national recession of 2001 took a toll on employment in the Little Rock area, as it did in most other parts of the country. But the dent in...