Housing foreclosure activity in the United States and New England increased dramatically at the beginning of the … major foreclosure prevention policies: foreclosure mediation programs and financial assistance programs. This report reviews … these two foreclosure prevention programs in the New England region. It explores how they are funded, weighs their benefits …

We assess the credit market impact of allowing mortgage "strip-down" as a foreclosure-prevention measure, where strip … effective foreclosure-prevention program, because it would have only small and transient effects on the supply of mortgage loans. …

The aim of the study is to explain if the foreclosure effect on prices is explained by a lower quality of foreclosed … estimate the impact of foreclosure on home prices in Florida and Indiana from 2000 to 2008. We employ a model of housing demand …-specific quality explains the vast majority of the foreclosure effects on house prices. Our results also show that foreclosed homes in …