We define a class of margin loans and derive the distribution of defaults. The default risk from an individual loan can be priced as a series of forward starting options with a knockout. Under simple price dynamics this has an explicit solution

For ten years interest rates in the Eurozone have been declining. This has created a situation where loan or bond prepayments and subsequent refinancing transactions are potentially beneficial for debtors. The advantageousness depends on the costs induced. We analyze the favorability of debt...

This paper investigates whether mortgage loan servicers renegotiate a distressed loan differently depending on whether the loan is held on their own books or by private investors. Using the proprietary mortgage metrics database that has servicer-provided loan renegotiation details, we conduct a...

Introduction -- Making the Land Liquid: The Roots of Land Banking -- The Special Privileges of the Federal Banks -- The Federal Land Banks and Financial Distress, 1916- -- Falling Prices and Mortgage Crisis, 1926- -- Herbert Hoover and the Urban Mortgage Crisis in the Great Depression -- A New...