Primary Residence Exception : Legislative Proposals in the 111th Congress to Amend the Bankruptcy Code to Allow the Strip Down of Certain Home Mortgages.

Discusses recent trends in mortgage markets, and provides overview of processes of Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code, which governs debt reorganizations for individuals and provides framework for debtor-creditor negotiations of repayment prior to a petition for bankruptcy. Reviews and compares legis...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Bankruptcy. Business cycles. Finance > Law and legislation. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book