Number: RL33775
Title: Alternative Mortgages: Causes and Policy Implications of Troubled Mortgage Resets in the Subprime and Alt-A Markets
Authors: Edward Vincent Murphy, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: This report describes alternative mortgages, summarizes recent regulatory actions, and provides an estimate of the geographic concentration of interest rate risk and negative appreciation risk.
Pages: 27
Date: October 8, 2008