The housing prices this decade have greatly rose because of deceptive methods used by brokers, service originators, servicers and investors to attract more people into mortgages debts that the middle class family couldn't afford in the future like in this times of crisis. But thanks to our legislators, the new "Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2009", to protect our fellow citizens from certain abusive and predatory lending practices which are mainly discussed on the link provided below.