06/07/2026
Getting approved for a mortgage is much more difficult than in the years before the 2008 crash -- and that’s a good thing. Here’s an overview of reforms designed to protect consumers like you.
The financial crisis of 2008 started with shoddy mortgage-lending practices. Congress answered this problem with the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which was designed, among other things, to tighten mortgage lending standards and disclosures, keeping consumers better informed and curbing predatory lending pra...