A series by reporter Jody Shenn analyzes this market's transformation over the past 18 months. An April 12, 2005 article reported that buzz about a housing bubble was on the rise again, and that sober commentators who once dismissed such talk were sounding worried. Subsquent stories probed underwriting standards, and the degree to which they have loosened (May 5, 2005), as well as the dramatic remaking of the mortgage-risk landscape (May 11, 2005).
Where's Mortgage Risk? New Answers Emerging - May 11, 2005Mortgage Risk Debate Heating Up - May 05, 2005Amid Housing-Bubble Din, Something Different? - April 12, 2005
