Li, Wenli; Ishani, Tewari; White, Michelle J. - 2014 - Current version: February 2014
We assess the credit market impact of allowing mortgage "strip-down" as a foreclosure-prevention measure, where strip …-term reduction in mortgage interest rates and a small, short-term increase in mortgage approval rates, but no long-term effects, and … the circuit court decisions did not consistently affect mortgage terms. These results suggest that strip-down would be an …