A good source explaining how government intervention into the housing market caused the b

[libertyfan101]

Bubble.

I'm currently involved with a "more government and regulations" debater. Need a good source explaining how the government and the Fed created the bubble.

[roughridersten]

Searching Mises.org for various topics is a great place to get information. For example, "housing bubble", "CRA", "Freddie Mac". If you are looking for a book, "Meltdown" by Thomas Woods does a great job of explaining all of the issues in easy to understand terms.

[TheBlackPeterSchiff]

check out that Mortgage bankers speech by Schiff.

[emazur]

http://www.freedomworks.org/crisis

[Zippyjuan]

Exactly when the bubble started is difficult to say since it began growing slowly but it burst in 2006.

It is audio, not video, but I though this did a pretty good job of explaining some of it.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/355/the-giant-pool-of-money

Thoughts from several economists on the Fed's impact:
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/01/12/economists-views-on-interest-rates-housing-bubble/

Was the Fed keeping interest rates low? A chart of the Prime lending rate set by the Fed:
http://www.moneycafe.com/library/primerate.htm

http://www.moneycafe.com/library/ratecharts/ratecharts18.gif

As can be seen here, the Fed was actually raising their interest rates as the housing bubble grew- doubling them from 2004 though 2006. They started lowering rates in 2008- after the housing bubble had already burst. But it should be noted that mortgage rates do not necessarily follow the Fed's interest rates. Instead, they more follow mid- range (roughly 10 year) Treasury note rates. The Fed does not set those rates- they are determined via auctions conducted by the Treasury. Long term interest rates are even lower now but demand has continued to fall or be flat in most markets.

[iamse7en]

Read these two by Robert Murphy:

Evidence that the Fed Caused the Housing Bubble: http://mises.org/daily/3252

Did the Fed Cause the Housing Bubble? http://mises.org/daily/2936