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Missouri Law Review

2007

Mortgage

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Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Uniform Mortgage Instruments: The Forgotten Benefit To Homeowners, Julia Patterson Forrester Nov 2007

Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Uniform Mortgage Instruments: The Forgotten Benefit To Homeowners, Julia Patterson Forrester

Missouri Law Review

Part II of this Article discusses Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, their creation and evolution, their current role in the secondary market, and the development and current use of the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac standardized forms. Part III looks at these uniform mortgage instruments in detail, and compares them to other residential loan documents and to commercial mortgage loan documents. Part III also considers typical terms of other consumer transactions that are not so balanced and explores how the problems that consumers face in choosing consumer credit make loan documents with fair terms particularly beneficial to consumers. Part IV discusses current …


Mortgage Law In China: Comparing Theory And Practice, Gregory M. Stein Nov 2007

Mortgage Law In China: Comparing Theory And Practice, Gregory M. Stein

Missouri Law Review

This Article examines Chinese mortgage law as it actually operates in the field, focusing on both legal and business issues. During the summer of 2005, I interviewed dozens of Chinese and Western lawyers, bankers, real estate developers, government officials, judges, economists, real estate consultants, law professors, business professors, real estate agents, law students, and recent homebuyers. Their comments offer reliable insights into how China's real estate markets truly function. The discussion that follows draws on these conversations to examine China's budding mortgage law practices, including how they developed, how they comport with or differ from written laws, and what questions …