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Property Law and Real Estate

2006

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Democratizing Credit: Examining The Structural Inequities Of Subprime Lending, Cassandra Jones Havard Jan 2006

Democratizing Credit: Examining The Structural Inequities Of Subprime Lending, Cassandra Jones Havard

All Faculty Scholarship

This Article critiques the current regime of mortgage lending, which favors economic subordination. Minorities and low-and moderate income persons, regardless of their creditworthiness, are receiving higher loan rates. This is due to three market phenomena- the dominance of sub-prime lenders in the market in which prime lenders are more restricted to lend, the segmentation of the market so that certain products are offered to certain consumers, and the liquidity of the secondary market, which encourages lenders to make loans that are easily sold, but which may be inappropriately and impermissibly priced. Only by incorporating some transparency into the process will …


Disclosure Protection: Franchises And Food Court Leases, James R. Cataland Jan 2006

Disclosure Protection: Franchises And Food Court Leases, James R. Cataland

Cleveland State Law Review

The shopping center industry continues to enjoy relative freedom from governmental regulation and operates within the framework of a long term, well established body of favorable commercial landlord/tenant law. Conversely, certain "'unfair and deceptive practices" in the sale of franchises have led to comprehensive consumer protection legislation at both the state and federal level. In 1978, the Federal Trade Commission promulgated a series of uniform disclosure requirements that a franchise or business opportunity seller must make when soliciting a prospective buyer. Often, the prospective buyer of a fast food franchise is an unsophisticated husband and wife, owner/operator, commonly referred to …