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This report reviews the macroeconomic determinants of the rapid growth in the Spanish housing market, including various policy elements. It examines the vulnerabilities of households' finances as a result of the rapid growth of housing prices and mortgage debt. It also describes the Spanish...
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This technical note presents a comparative analysis of the Danish Mortgage Market. It discusses the particularities of the regulatory framework of the Danish mortgage system. The note compares and contrasts mortgage financing in Denmark and in other European countries, looking both at the...
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Fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) dominate the U.S. mortgage market, with important consequences for household risk … freezes, the share of FRMs is sharply higher among mortgages eligible to be securitized through the still-liquid agency MBS … rate risk embedded in these loans. We highlight policy implications for ongoing reform of the U.S. mortgage finance system. …
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Remarks at The Spread between Primary and Secondary Mortgage Rates: Recent Trends and Prospects Workshop, New York City.
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Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Washington, D.C.
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This Selected Issues paper for Belgium evaluates whether price increases in Belgium are excessive. It assesses the household and bank balance sheets and their vulnerability to a slowdown in housing prices, and identifies differences in real estate markets between Belgium and other countries. The...
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underperformance (high mortgage defaults and losses and large rating downgrades) among deals with observably higher risk mortgages …
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We explore the capital structure and governance of a mortgage-insuring securitization utility operating with government reinsurance for systemic or “tail” risk. The structure we propose for the replacement of the GSEs focuses on aligning incentives for appropriate pricing and transfer of...
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This paper discusses how financial innovation turned U.S. mortgages into an asset class with worldwide investor appeal …
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Federal has successfully led a range of direct policy measures that have stimulated the development of the housing finance … market. The government improved the legal environment for mortgage finance by passing reforms that reduced the average time …
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