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This paper describes a novel methodology of measuring risky and conservative mortgage credit using household survey … output, a feature linked to the lower relevance of homeownership which implies that mortgage credit plays a less prominent …
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In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, a significant research effort has been made to better understand the links between household debt levels, financial stability risks, and the ongoing implications of the ‘debt overhang’ for economic growth. However, accurately measuring the...
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debt resolution process in the Irish mortgage market in the lead up to the COVID-19 shock. We highlight the widespread … engagement of Irish borrowers with debt resolution mechanisms during a decade in which one sixth of mortgage accounts were … restructured by 2016. Lenders favoured short-term mortgage modifications at the beginning of the decade and three-quarters of …
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mortgage rate. In the longer run, the supply of unregulated debt increases by almost 50 percent. We corroborate our findings by …
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Millions of homeowners are having difficulty paying their mortgage because of the COVID-19 emergency, and those …-Great Recession defaults provide compelling evidence that a mortgage modification that delivers substantial payment reduction is the … “optimized” mortgage modification waterfall that offers substantial payment reduction to the borrower while minimizing the …
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bank mortgage supply is relaxed. We analyze the effect of deregulation on LTV and DTI limits in the Seoul-metropolitan area …
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by substituting from mortgage lending to purchasing more houses. The policy’s positive effect on house prices is more …
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This study investigates the causal effect of financial literacy on mortgage payment delinquency. Using an Instrumental …-Variable (IV) approach, we find that increased financial literacy significantly reduces the probability of mortgage delinquency …
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This paper explores an overlooked phenomenon in mortgage markets: repayment of underwater mortgages. Since repayment in …, which includes credit impairment and possible guilt, repayment of an underwater mortgage is a wealth-maximizing strategy …
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After the short temporary popularity of foreign currency denominated (FXD) loans, during the Great Financial and Economic Recession (2007- 2013), the burden of these loans has become unaffordable for a lot of borrowers in East Central Europe. We have designed a family of simple models to compare...
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