The American Predatory Lending team analyzed data from a variety of sources to gain a better understanding of how the housing market evolved in select states in the decade leading up to the Global Financial Crisis.
US Housing Market
This section includes a broad overview of how the US economy and housing market performed in the lead up to the Global Financial Crisis. It also includes sentiment analysis of prominent economics and finance blogs before the crisis to see if popular economic pundits foresaw the collapse of the subprime mortgage market. You will also find word clouds of our oral history interviews that display how three sets of stakeholders – government policymakers, consumer advocates, and banking executives – spoke about aspects of the financial crisis, including their thoughts on what caused the crisis.