Credit crunch amplifies housing downturn 
Those who can get loans often pay more
By Matt Carter, Thursday, December 27, 2007.The credit crunch showed few signs of abating going into 2008, and threatened to magnify the housing downturn by adding more foreclosed homes to already bloated inventories and making it impossible or too costly for many would-be home buyers to obtain a loan.
While dozens of mortgage lenders stopped making loans or went out of business in 2007, a bigger problem for many borrowers has been the tightened underwriting standards rushed into place by lenders who remain.
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