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245 10 a| Well worth saving :b| how the New Deal safeguarded home ownership /c| Price Fishback, Jonathan Rose, and Kenneth Snowden.;

264 1 a| Chicago ;a| London :b| The University of Chicago Press,c| [2013];

300 a| xiv, 173 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| Markets and governments in economic history;

490 1 a| NBER series on long-term factors in economic development;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-166) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- The patchwork mortgage market in the 1920s -- The mortgage crisis -- Pressures for government action -- The economic rationale for the HOLC -- An HOLC primer -- The lenders' good deal -- The borrowers' good deal -- Repairing mortgage and housing markets -- The cost to taxpayers and subsidies to the housing market -- Conclusion -- Appendix: -- Walking through the analysis of the impact of the HOLC.;

520 a| "Well Worth Saving tells the story of the disastrous housing market during the Great Depression and the extent to which an immensely popular New Deal relief program, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), was able to stem foreclosures by buying distressed mortgages from lenders and refinancing them. Drawing on historical records and modern statistical tools, Price Fishback, Jonathan Rose, and Kenneth Snowden investigate important unanswered questions to provide an unparalleled view of the mortgage loan industry throughout the 1920s and early '30s. Combining this with the stories of those involved, the book offers a clear understanding of the HOLC within the context of the housing market in which it operated, including an examination of how the incentives and behaviors at play throughout the crisis influenced the effectiveness of policy." -- Publisher's description.;

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700 1 a| Rose, Jonathan Derek,e| author.=| ^A1179541;

700 1 a| Snowden, Kenneth A.,e| author.=| ^A1174587;

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Well worth saving : how the New Deal safeguarded home ownership / Price Fishback, Jonathan Rose, and Kenneth Snowden.

Author/creator	Fishback, Price Van Meter author.
Other author	Rose, Jonathan Derek, author.
Other author	Snowden, Kenneth A., author.
Format	Book
Publication	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]
Copyright Date	©2013
Description	xiv, 173 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Home Owners' Loan Corporation--History. Mortgage loans--United States. --History. --20th century. Home ownership--United States. --History. --20th century. New Deal, 1933-1939.

Series	Markets and governments in economic history NBER series on long-term factors in economic development Markets and governments in economic history. ^A1092950 NBER series on long-term factors in economic development. ^A259916
Contents	Introduction -- The patchwork mortgage market in the 1920s -- The mortgage crisis -- Pressures for government action -- The economic rationale for the HOLC -- An HOLC primer -- The lenders' good deal -- The borrowers' good deal -- Repairing mortgage and housing markets -- The cost to taxpayers and subsidies to the housing market -- Conclusion -- Appendix: -- Walking through the analysis of the impact of the HOLC.
Abstract	"Well Worth Saving tells the story of the disastrous housing market during the Great Depression and the extent to which an immensely popular New Deal relief program, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), was able to stem foreclosures by buying distressed mortgages from lenders and refinancing them. Drawing on historical records and modern statistical tools, Price Fishback, Jonathan Rose, and Kenneth Snowden investigate important unanswered questions to provide an unparalleled view of the mortgage loan industry throughout the 1920s and early '30s. Combining this with the stories of those involved, the book offers a clear understanding of the HOLC within the context of the housing market in which it operated, including an examination of how the incentives and behaviors at play throughout the crisis influenced the effectiveness of policy." -- Publisher's description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-166) and index.
LCCN	2013015699
ISBN	9780226082448 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN	022608244X (cloth : alkaline paper)

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