almost half of purchase mortgage originations were associated with investors. In part by apparently misreporting their …

mortgage design interact with monetary policy? We answer these questions using a quantitative equilibrium life cycle model with … policy. Designs that raise mortgage payments in booms and lower them in recessions do better than designs with fixed mortgage … reductions over the life of the mortgage. Front-loading alleviates household liquidity constraints in states where they are most …

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 …