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This study discusses the many factors and considerations that enter into the strategic mortgage default (SMD) decision …
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when U.S. residential mortgage creditors became liable for failing to consider a borrower's future ability to repay the … mortgage, suggesting that these events improved consumer surplus and might have improved social welfare …
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Many US states mandate only non-recourse mortgages for dwellings, thus limiting choice and raising prices. Given the perceived benefit of such mortgages, it is a puzzling fact that no lenders currently offer them in "choice" states. We simulate a housing market with a spectrum of borrowers with...
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This research explores effective (economic) property rights granted to contractual parties when a home mortgage is in …
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In the mid-1990s, mortgage bankers created Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) to escape the costs … associated with recording mortgage transfers. To accomplish this, lenders permanently list MERS as the mortgagee of record …
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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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