mortgage market

June 13 -- William Cohan, author of 'Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World' and a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks about Goldman Sachs's position on mortgage securities before the market's collapse.

Proposed rules sparked by the financial industry meltdown could have the effect of shutting may lower-income buyers out of the mortgage market, critics say.

Talk of shrinking the government's involvement in the mortgage market is growing. Just don't expect action any time soon.

Already facing investigations on two fronts into its practices in the mortgage market, Goldman Sachs came under pressure from investors as well on Friday.

Making money in real-estate is all about timing. Despite the fact that many people lost not only their shirts but their homes in the mortgage meltdown, real-estate has historically been considered a safe investment.

But if current trends continue, there may be more bust than boom.

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Due to the major U.S. role in the mortgage market, certain classes of borrowers cannot find home loans as publicly financed debt mounts.