We explore the capital structure and governance of a mortgage-insuring securitization utility operating with government … for appropriate pricing and transfer of mortgage risks across the private sector and between the private sector and the … mortgage guarantee fee, whose size we find is most sensitive to the required capital ratio and the expected return on that …

this model are consistent with preserving the “to-be-announced,” or TBA, market – particularly if the fixed-rate mortgage …

We study credit ratings on subprime and Alt-A mortgage-backed-securities (MBS) deals issued between 2001 and 2007, the … period leading up to the subprime crisis. The fraction of highly rated securities in each deal is decreasing in mortgage … standards around the MBS market peak between the start of 2005 and mid-2007. Conditional on initial ratings, we observe …

from renting to owning using an FHA-insured mortgage. In addition to calculating the fraction of these borrowers whose FHA … their homeownership without the need for an FHA mortgage. Another 20 percent are either in their original home or have moved … but continue to use an FHA mortgage …

of the Danish mortgage finance system and compare and contrast it to the U.S. system. We also note characteristics of the … Danish model that may be of interest as the United States considers further mortgage finance reform. In particular, the … borrowers the option to repurchase their mortgage at the market price, mitigating “lock-in” effects. Danish mortgage …

The 2010s saw a profound shift towards jumbo mortgage lending by large banks that are regulated under the Dodd …-Frank Act. Using data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, we show that the “jumbo shift” is correlated with being subject to …