relate it to cross-country differences in mortgage market maturity. We find that aside from Italy, homeownership rates and … inequality in the four countries correspond to their mortgage take up rates and its distribution across income, reflecting the … different degree of development of their respective mortgage markets. In Italy, alternative ways of financing, such as family …

Nonlocal mortgage lenders with greater exposure to high-growth housing markets accept fewer loan applications in these … lenders' exposure to high-growth markets is associated with more risk, more efficiency, and more return on mortgage portfolios …