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2. Community Reinvestment Act - Wikipedia

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   The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA, P.L. 95-128, 91 Stat. 1147, title VIII of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977, 12 U.S.C. § 2901 et seq.) is a United States federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to help meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.

3. Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act ...

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   [citation needed] It required the agencies to issue Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) ratings publicly and do written performance evaluations using facts and data to support the agencies' conclusions. It also required a four-tiered CRA examination rating system with performance levels of "Outstanding," "Satisfactory," "Needs to Improve," or ...

4. Credit rating agencies and the subprime crisis - Wikipedia

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   source: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States, p.229, figure 11.4 Credit rating agencies came under scrutiny following the mortgage crisis for giving investment-grade, "money safe" ratings to securitized mortgages (in the form of securities known as mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized debt obligations ...

5. Mortgage prequalification vs. preapproval: How to time these ...

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   Mortgage preapproval is a lender's conditional commitment to offer you a specific loan amount, usually good for 90 days. It involves filling out a full mortgage application, uploading financial ...

6. Guide to first-time homebuyer loans and programs - AOL

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   HomeOne mortgage: This Freddie Mac-backed mortgage also allows for just 3 percent down with PMI, but is available only to first-time homebuyers. You won’t get your low-down payment conventional ...

7. Government policies and the subprime mortgage crisis

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   Over 95 percent of the community investment … made in the 22 years of that law have been made in the six and a half years that I’ve been in office.” [128] The CRA became an important tool in Clinton's “third way” as an alternative to both laissez-faire and government transfer payments to directly construct housing. [127]