We present a dynamic structural model of subprime adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) borrowers making payment decisions … the model using unique data sets that contain information on borrowers' mortgage payment history, their broad balance … the delinquency rates. We find that automatic modification mortgage designs under which the monthly payment or the …

The 30-year fixed-rate fully amortizing mortgage (or "traditional fixed-rate mortgage") was a substantial innovation … accumulation, many lenders require large down payments. Second, in each monthly mortgage payment, homeowners substantially …, refinancing mortgages is often very costly. We propose a new fixed-rate mortgage, called the Fixed-Payment-COFI mortgage (or …

Since the housing bust and financial crisis, mortgage lenders have introduced progressively higher minimum thresholds … mortgage credit reduced delinquency on both mortgage and non-mortgage debt and increased their propensity to take out auto …

We construct a new measure of mortgage credit availability that describes the maximum amount obtainable by a borrower … of given characteristics. We estimate this "loan frontier" using mortgage originations data from 2001 to 2014 and show … that it reflects a binding borrowing constraint. Our estimates reveal that the expansion of mortgage credit during the …