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The regional bank problems in Japan can be summarized as accumulating non-performing loans, the lack of diversification and attendant portfolio risk, and the absence of effective competition. This paper argues that the regional bank problems should be addressed in conjunction with the financing...
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In March 2004, the once-heralded Los Angeles Community Development Bank (LACDB) closed its doors because of insolvency. The government-created bank's demise should come as no surprise. Credit officers at the not-for-profit bank lacked incentives to monitor loans on an ongoing basis. The LACDB's...
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financial implications for participating mortgage issuers, as poorer applicants with lower job stability are injected into the …’s principal mortgage issuer, which contains information on borrowers’ repayment behavior. It is found that borrowers who received … not seem to have negative financial implications for participating mortgage institutions. …
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In Guatemala there are substantial and growing imbalances in the housing market; at the same time, financial markets remain shallow and underdeveloped. The analytical framework applied in this paper starts by identifying the types of market failures responsible for the underdevelopment of the...
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The Home Owners' Loan Corporation purchased more than a million delinquent mortgages from private lenders between 1933 and 1936 and refinanced the loans for the borrowers. Its primary goal was to break the cycle of foreclosure, forced property sales and decreases in home values that was...
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During the housing crisis, it came to be recognized that inflated home mortgage appraisals were widespread during the … adopt the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC). Using unique data sets that contain both approved and nonapproved mortgage … applications, this study provides an empirical examination of the impact of the HVCC on appraisal and mortgage outcomes. The …
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of the TPP for missing documentation was higher for those who were current on their mortgage payments, compared to those …
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Home appraisals are produced for millions of residential mortgage transactions each year, but appraisals are rarely … below the transaction price. We exploit a unique data set to show that the mortgage application process creates an incentive …
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A mortgage is an exchange of a collection of rights between a borrower and a lender. In this article, we describe those … medieval origins of the American mortgage contract and its evolution into its present form. We then turn to topics relevant for …-of-sale foreclosure; deficiency judgments and recourse; assignments; the Mortgage Electronic Registration System; and methods for avoiding …
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structure strategy of REITs and assess the mortgage risk premiums for lender. The results indicate that the REITs should … should seek borrowers who can pay mortgage interest continuously. At the same time, by maximizing mortgage premiums, they can …
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