| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 379 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Westward ho! -- An overview of banks and mortgage banking in the United States -- Mortgage banking in early Colorado -- Thrifts, trusts, and title companies as participants in the mortgage market -- Mortgage bankers, insurance companies, real estate companies, and the correspondent system -- Urbanization and public-private cooperation -- The Federal Housing Administration and the Housing Act of 1934 and beyond -- Government-sponsored enterprises, 1916-1970 -- Colorado Housing Finance Authority -- The age of great developers and changing land uses -- The Mortgage Bankers Association from the post-war era into the new millennium -- FNMA : public-private ownership, control, and political impacts after 1970 -- The housing bubble (that Wall Street built) burst -- Conclusions and lessons learned (or not) |
| Summary |
"How the mortgage banking sector worked in the second half of the twentieth century, including analysis of the 2007 mortgage crisis. Beginning with the land and railroad development acts that encouraged Western settlement, traces the laws, institutions, and individuals that contributed to economic growth of the region"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mortgage banks -- West (U.S.) -- History
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Mortgage banks -- Colorado -- History
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Mortgage banks -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Mortgage banks
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Mortgage banks -- Law and legislation
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Colorado
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United States
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West United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sanders, Diane M., author.
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| LC no. |
2017028692 |
| ISBN |
9781607326236 |
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160732623X |
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