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A recent dramatic rise in subprime foreclosures has led to calls for restrictions against a range of loan features loosely termed “predatory.” Several cities and states have enacted regulations to curb predatory practices, and some advocacy groups endorse action at the federal level. Using...
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young, low net-worth households are able to get a mortgage and buy a house, and current (old) home-owners benefit from the …
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We develop a framework to explore the effect of credit ratings on loan origination and securitization. In the model, banks privately screen and originate loans and then issue securities that are backed by loan cash flows. Issued securities are rated and sold to investors.Without ratings, banks...
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-sponsored mortgage guarantees by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. …
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We examine the real effects of changes in bank mortgage loan underwriting standards by combining responses to the … Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey, application information from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and local … securitizing banks. In areas with more exposure to banks that have tightened standards, mortgage delinquency rates, house prices …
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Studies on denial rates in mortgage lending do not adequately account for lender heterogeneity due to divergent … underwriting or regulatory practices. Using a sample of over two million home purchase mortgage applications from the Home Mortgage … counterfactual experiments to predict the denial rates of individual lenders if they evaluate all mortgage applications in the …
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We study the evolution of US mortgage credit supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the mortgage market …
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We study the evolution of US mortgage credit supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the mortgage market … guarantees and loans to the riskiest borrowers. Mortgage-backed securities purchases by the Federal Reserve also supported the …
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evidence that CFPB oversight significantly reduces the overall volume of mortgage lending. However, we find some evidence of …
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We investigate how differential exposures by German banks to the US real estate market during the recent financial crisis affect their corporate lending in Germany. Using unique bank-level exposure data, we distinguish between three different types of bank exposures, i.e. direct exposure to the...
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