In this paper we examine the relationship between homeowners' bankruptcy decisions and their mortgage default decisions …

Using loan-level mortgage data merged with consumer credit records, we examine the ability of the government to impact … mortgage refinancing activity and spur consumption by focusing on the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP). The policy … interventions, pass-through of monetary policy through household balance-sheets and design of the mortgage market …

within the same housing developments. By using these indices and detailed information on mortgage borrowers across these … household income, except in a few first-tier cities. While bottom-income mortgage borrowers endured severe financial burdens by … mortgage loans were protected by down payments commonly in excess of 35 percent. As such, the housing market is unlikely to …

We investigate whether homeowners respond strategically to news of mortgage modification programs. We exploit plausibly … strategic behavior should be an important consideration in designing mortgage modification programs …

.5 trillion over the next five. Despite clear signs of strain in the FHA's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, a recent actuarial … available from mortgage delinquency; and it ignores potential risks associated with recent down-payment assistant programs …

-primary houses fueled the entire mortgage boom during 2014Q4-2016Q3. The mortgage expansion disproportionately increased the share of … mortgage markets. Our cross-city evidence provides empirical support for this channel …

price expectations, which reached abnormally high levels relative to mortgage rates at the peak of the boom and have …