"Time to Introduce Minimum Downpayments for Mortgages"
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The Financial Times Economists' Forum,
August
2010
Publication type: Web-only article
Research Archive Topic: Business Economics and Public Policy, Corporate Finance
Abstract
It is time to tackle the systemic flaw in housing policy — reliance on leverage — and introduce minimum downpayment regulations for all homebuyers, writes Charles W. Calomiris.
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