with search in the housing market and defaultable long-term mortgages. In equilibrium, both sellers' asking prices and time …-to-sell increase with the relative size of their outstanding mortgages. In turn, the liquidity of the housing market associated with …

, the reverse occurs. Based on these insights, I consider a foreclosure reform that makes all mortgages full recourse, and I … constraints. During housing busts, longer selling times spill over into higher foreclosure risk, thereby magnifying the response …

The aim of the study is to explain if the foreclosure effect on prices is explained by a lower quality of foreclosed … estimate the impact of foreclosure on home prices in Florida and Indiana from 2000 to 2008. We employ a model of housing demand …-specific quality explains the vast majority of the foreclosure effects on house prices. Our results also show that foreclosed homes in …