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Subprime May Not Have Caused the 2000s Housing Crisis: Evidence from Cleveland, Ohio

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During the 2000s housing bust, Cleveland’s Slavic Village was dubbed “ground zero of the foreclosure crisis” by the national media. Despite this, during the preceding housing boom Cleveland had stable house price growth and relatively low mortgage debt growth, a stark contrast to circumstances in areas such as California that had exceptionally high house price and mortgage debt growth. What explains the relatively minor housing boom and perceived sharp downturn in Cleveland? In this Commentary I show that while subprime debt was a prominent source of debt in Cleveland and especially in its Slavic Village neighborhood during the 2000s, it is difficult to peg subprime debt as playing a causal role in the subsequent foreclosure crisis.

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  • Lara Loewenstein, 2020. "Subprime May Not Have Caused the 2000s Housing Crisis: Evidence from Cleveland, Ohio," Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, vol. 2020(25), pages 1-8, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedcec:88842
    DOI: 10.26509/frbc-ec-202025
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    1. Lara Loewenstein & Jason Meyer, 2024. "Comparing Two House-Price Booms," Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, vol. 2024(04), pages 1-9, February.

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