We analyze Fannie Mae's experience with the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage product. From 1993-2010, Fannie Mae acquired 492,465 of these loans, representing 75% of the total market. During this period, prior to recent program changes, credit screening was not an element in the underwriting...

Housing affordability is a key policy concern and an important factor in fostering sustainable homeownership. Housing costs in turn are a critical contributor to affordability. In this paper, we focus on the different components of housing costs to show the contribution of each expense to...

In the wake of the housing market crash in the United States in the late 2000s, images of abandoned homes on the urban periphery of American cities dominated international media coverage. This narrative of peri-urban over-extension was used by media documenting the housing crisis in Mexico,...