Published research on credit counseling and mortgage termination is surprisingly scarce, despite substantial growth in this industry. While the purpose of counseling is to assist low-income borrowers to improve their handling of debt and thereby reduce default, counseling may also improve the...

Using Danish household level data, we find that a relatively large share of total interest-only mortgage debt is held by families with few liquid assets and high loan to value ratios. This may arise because families with interest-only loans do not fully use the lower instalments to increase...

Nekilnojamojo turto vertinimas, siekiant jį įkeisti, yra svarbi vertintojo darbo dalis bendrojoje jo praktikoje. Nekilnojamasis turtas vertinamas jo apžiūros dieną, atsižvelgiant į tai, ar tokia vertė išliks ir bus reali. Šiame darbe nagrinėjami svarbūs tiek vertinimo metodo, tiek...

Using Danish household level data, we find that a relatively large share of total interest-only mortgage debt is held by families with few liquid assets and high loan to value ratios. This may arise because families with interest-only loans do not fully use the lower instalments to increase...

We examine the closeness of relationships between households and their mortgage lenders using survey data which provide information on the duration, geographical proximity and scope of all bank relationships of a representative sample of households. Our analysis is based on a sample of 470...