Housing finance and the secondary mortgage market :  alternatives for change / 
Sally G. Mitchell, editor. 
 - New York :  Nova Publishers,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Housing issues, laws and programs .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Chapter 1. An Overview of the Housing Finance System in the United States /  Chapter 2. Transitioning to Alternative Structures for Housing Finance /  Index.  Sean M. Hoskins, Katie Jones and N. Eric Weiss --  David Toregrosa -- 
<br/><br/> When making a decision about housing, a household must choose between renting and owning. Multiple factors, such as a household's financial status and expectations about the future, will influence the decision. Few that decide to purchase a home have the necessary savings or available financial resources to make the purchase on their own. Most need to take out a loan. A loan that uses real estate as collateral is typically referred to as a mortgage. This book serves as a primer that explains how the system of housing finance works. This book also examines various mechanisms that policy-makers. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781634828789 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020678638 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Housing--Finance.<br/>Mortgages.<br/>Secondary mortgage market.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD7287  / .H687 2015