This paper presents a framework for estimating losses in the residential real estate mortgage portfolios of German …-trigger hypothesis of mortgage defaults. In order to analyse the possible credit losses stemming from residential mortgage lending we … to 2020 for the whole German banking sector. Our results show that loss rates in the residential mortgage portfolios of …

We build a model of the mortgage market where banks attain their optimal mortgage portfolio by setting rates and … steering customers. Sophisticated households know which mortgage type is best for them; naive households are susceptible to … implications of steering. The average cost of the distortion is equivalent to 16% of the annual mortgage payment. A financial …

We build a model of the mortgage market where banks attain their optimal mortgage portfolio by setting rates and … "steering" customers. "Sophisticated" households know which mortgage type is best for them, while "naïve" ones are susceptible …