We present an analysis of the sensitivity of household mortgage probabilities of default (PDs) and loss given default … counterfactual analysis of the responsiveness of mortgage PDs, LGDs, and bank capitalization conditional on adverse scenarios related …

mortgage finance can be seen building across several dimensions that need to be addressed. While reforms to the GSEs are an … important part of dealing with these concerns, this paper argues that broader changes need to be made across the entire mortgage …

In housing crises, high mortgage debt can feed a vicious circle of falling housing prices and declining consumption and … incomes, leading to higher mortgage defaults and deeper recessions. In such situations, resolution policies may need to be … experiences from Iceland, Ireland, Spain, and the United States, this paper discusses how economic trade-offs affecting mortgage …

-level U.S. mortgage data by exploiting the exogenous variation in local house price volatility. The paper finds that, in … response to high expected house price volatility, banks in U.S. counties with a competitive mortgage market lowered lending …

associated with lower mortgage credit growth and house price growth. The international experience suggests that - in addition to …