'nterest-Only Mortgages'. Using a specially designed question module in a representative survey of UK mortgage holders, we …

Mortgages are prime examples of long-term nominal loans. As a result, under incomplete asset markets, monetary policy …, have larger real effects than transitory shocks. The transmission is stronger under adjustable- than fixed-rate mortgages …

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 …