Home Equity Loans, 2009:  The Turnaround Begins, our annual industry study, is now available for purchase.  This is the premier U.S. annual research study dedicated to pure-play junior-lien home equity lending.  It ranks all leading lenders, sets the size of the market, covers key business trends, and forecasts what will happen during the remainder of the year. 

    A special 30-page section probes home sales, pricing, and other data and finds that the first steps toward housing recovery are now underway.

    Another special section shows, lender by lender, who cut home equity credit lines in 2008, and by how much, to limit credit exposure.  In yet another section, SMR uses a new home affordability statistic to forecast where home values will rise again, first and strongest, across nearly 500 U.S. counties.

    The optional companion study, Geographic Credit Risk: 2009-2010, contains key data that tell you where credit risk will be best and worst over the next 1 to 2 years.  We believe this to be the most exhaustive risk data compilation ever made for local markets.

Published in May, 2009.

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