PA Subprime Mortgage Map

See where subprime mortgages are concentrated in Pennsylvania. Select any PA county from the following list to see subprime mortgage by U.S. Census tract, or get an overview with the statewide map.

Select County Adams Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Bedford Berks Blair Bradford Bucks Butler Cambria Cameron Carbon Centre Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton Columbia Crawford Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Elk Erie Fayette Forest Franklin Fulton Greene Huntingdon Indiana Jefferson Juniata Lackawana Lancaster Lawrence Lebanon Lehigh Luzerne Lycoming McKean Mercer Mifflin Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton Northumberland Perry Philadelphia Potter Schuylkill Snyder Somerset Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga Union Venango Warren Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

 

For Pennsylvania

A Building Storm: The Housing Market and the Pennsylvania Economy released by KRC on January 31, 2008.

PA Housing Market Steady as Other Markets Struggle press release from the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors.

The Philadelphia Inquirer recently provided data on subprime mortgages in the Philadelphia area.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently ran a six-part series on the Credit Crunch related to the subprime mortgage crisis.

The Credit Crunch: While Pittsburgh has avoided housing slump, worst of credit crisis may be yet to come. Part four of six by Tim Grant, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mortgage woes lead to loss of jobs here Western suburbs absorb the brunt of 1,590 layoffs by Dan Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mortgage banks: Branches close in Pennsylvania and New Jersey by Harold Brubaker Philadelphia Inquirer.

Credit crunch hammers Sovereign by Harold Brubaker Philadelphia Inquirer

New-home sales in Nov. drop to a 12-year low One bright spot: Philadelphia-area builders say conditions here are better than in trouble spots such as Florida and California by Harold Brubaker Philadelphia Inquirer

 

Outside Pennsylvania

The New York Times provides a summary of the US subprime crisis and an index of its articles on the subject.

The BBC provides an excellent summary of US subprime crisis in graphic form as well as a timeline of recent developments.

The growth and collapse of the housing bubble has been a subject of broad discussion and debate in the United States. A number of blogs have closely followed developments, drawing together news coverage of the national crisis from a variety of sources. A listing of many of the national and state-level housing bubble blogs can be found at The Bubblemeter.

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