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We investigate how differential exposures by German banks to the US real estate market during the recent financial crisis affect their corporate lending in Germany. Using unique bank-level exposure data, we distinguish between three different types of bank exposures, i.e. direct exposure to the...
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conditions required by the banking system to grant a mortgage. The authors find that easier access to credit inflates housing …
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This paper investigates the housing and mortgage markets by means of an agent-based macroeconomic model of a credit … households’ creditworthiness conditions required by banks in order to grant a mortgage. Results show that easier access to credit …
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The late 1990s through the mid-2000s was a period of historic growth in mortgage lending and house prices and there is … with the view that the house price boom was caused by an expansion in the supply of mortgage credit, primarily benefiting … borrowers and neighborhoods which previously had the most limited access to mortgage credit. In particular, the evidence can be …
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information with mortgage performance data, the statistical analysis separately quantifies the extent to which piggyback and …-lien outcomes, piggyback second liens are shown to have substantially increased mortgage default rates, while decreasing mortgage … better subsequent performance for the associated first mortgage, most likely because only the most creditworthy borrowers …
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Under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), banks can fulfill their obligation to meet local credit needs either by lending in low-to-moderate-income (LMI) communities or by purchasing loans made by others. This paper evaluates whether CRA credit for purchases has had its intended effect of...
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Under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) banks can fulfill their affirmative obligation to meet local credit needs by lending in low-to-moderate-income (LMI) communities or by purchasing loans made by others. This paper evaluates whether giving CRA credit for purchases has had its intended...
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This paper studies the effects of private real estate collateral on entrepreneurial lending and entrepreneurial activity in the Netherlands. The residential collateral channel is especially relevant for sole-proprietors who own a business with unlimited liability. We used administrative data on...
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young, low net-worth households are able to get a mortgage and buy a house, and current (old) home-owners benefit from the …
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