Housing market headwinds
The housing sector has been one of the weakest links in the economic recovery, and the latest data continue to show only modest improvement. One obstacle to a pickup in housing demand has been tight mortgage credit standards. Indeed, loan standards for borrowers with lower credit scores have shown few signs of easing. Still, as the share of new mortgages financed in the private market has started to rise, access to credit may improve.
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2014
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Authors: | Krainer, John Robert ; McCarthy, Erin |
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FRBSF Economic Letter. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. - 2014, 32
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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
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