Surprisingly little is known about the importance of mortgage payment size for default, as efforts to measure the …

This chapter considers the structure of mortgage finance in the U.S., and its role in shaping patterns of homeownership … the design features of mortgage contracts that distinguish them from other loans, and that have important implications for … issues presented in the rest of the chapter. We then explain how mortgage finance interacts with public policy, particularly …

Technology-based ("FinTech") lenders increased their market share of U.S. mortgage lending from 2 percent to 8 percent … from 2010 to 2016. Using market-wide, loan-level data on U.S. mortgage applications and originations, we show that FinTech … lenders process mortgage applications about 20 percent faster than other lenders, even when controlling for detailed loan …

the CRT programs have been successful in reducing the exposure of the federal government to mortgage credit risk without … disrupting the liquidity or stability of mortgage secondary markets. In the process, the programs have created a new financial … market for pricing and trading mortgage credit risk, which has grown in size and liquidity over time. The CRT programs …

year while remaining seriously delinquent on their first mortgage. By comparison, about 40 percent of credit card borrowers … and 70 percent of auto loan borrowers will continue making payments a year after defaulting on their first mortgage …

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

evidence that CFPB oversight significantly reduces the overall volume of mortgage lending. However, we find some evidence of …