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During 1992-2007, house price growth is strongly correlated with local entrepreneurship. We show with Census Bureau data that most of this entry is related to construction and real estate; these entrants tend to be small and short-lived. Using a 1998 Texas reform that allowed home equity lending...
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paper we study the effect of this developmenton the demand for second mortgages and on the savings of Dutch households. We … investigatethe effect of house prices on (i) the number and size of second mortgages, (ii) the savingsof owner-occupiers and (iii … for second mortgages.Savings of homeowners decrease when house prices accelerate. We find no evidence that inc …
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Borrowers' housing equity is an important component of their wealth and a critical determinant of their vulnerability to shocks. In this paper, we create a unique data set that allows us to provide a comprehensive look at the ratio of housing debt to housing values - what we refer to as...
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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 …
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