Kreisman Working Paper Series in Housing Law and Policy
Fraudulent Income Overstatement on Mortgage Applications during the Credit Expansion of 2002 to 2005
Publication Date
2015
Publication Title
Kreisman Working Papers Series in Housing Law and Policy
Abstract
Academic research, government inquiries, and press accounts show extensive mortgage fraud during the housing boom of the mid-2000s. We explore a particular type of mortgage fraud: the overstatement of income on mortgage applications. We define “income ove
Number
21
Recommended Citation
Atif Mian & Amir Sufi, "Fraudulent Income Overstatement on Mortgage Applications during the Credit Expansion of 2002 to 2005" (Kreisman Working Papers Series in Housing Law and Policy No. 21, 2015).
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