This paper uses the most recent wave of a nationally representative dataset to examine the factors associated with elderly homeowners' decision to obtain reverse mortgage loans. The findings of this study suggest that very few homeowners participated in the reverse mortgage market, and...

I exploit exogenous variation in the probability that a mortgage is exposed to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac generated by property appraisals to examine how well buyers of high-priced homes balance loan size and loan cost. I find that they generally strike a proper balance despite wide variation in...

The application of information technology to finance, or "fintech," is expected to revolutionize many aspects of borrowing and lending in the future, but technology has been reshaping consumer and mortgage lending for many years. During the 1990s, computerization allowed mortgage lenders to...

Using the National Survey of Mortgage Originations, we document that borrowers who are more financially sophisticated (measured by their self-reported understanding of the mortgage process) and more exposed to competition (measured by the number of lenders they considered) pay lower mortgage...

In January-February 2013, 83,925 MHL for the total amount of Rb132.94bn were extended which is 28.24% more in monetary terms than in January-February 2012. As of March 1, 2013, the outstanding debt on MHL amounted to Rb2.05 trillion having exceeded by 36.71% the respective debt as of March 1,...

Over three quarters of 2015, 461,232 mortgage loans (ML) totaling Rb 761.8bn were originated which is below the volume of loans extended for the corresponding period of 2014 in monetary terms down 38% and in numerical terms down 35%. As of 1 October 2015, the share of ruble ML in the volume of...

Since the turn of the year to 1 September 2015, 396,198 mortgage loans (ML) totaling Rb 653.25 bn were originated. This is below the volume of loans extended for the corresponding period of 2014 in numerical terms (by 36.24%) and in monetary terms (by 39.14%), the volume of residual debt of ML...

In January-August 2015, 40.01 million m sq. of housing was constructed up 9.25% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Average actual construction cost of a square meter of residential housing in H1 2015 down 9.83% against H2 2014 and amounted to Rb39.44 and ration between...

In Q2 2015, housing mortgage loans (HML) totaling to Rb 242.53bn were originated which was 44.23% lower than the same index for Q2 2014. The volume of residual debt on HML as of 1 July 2015 constituted Rb 3.608 trillion. The share the ruble stale debt on HML in the residual debt came to 0.98% as...

The recent global financial crisis, sparked by developments in the American mortgage market, provides a timely opportunity for a thorough analysis of the standard model for financing home purchases. The United States residential mortgage market has two prominent aspects: first, a significant...