We assess the credit market impact of allowing mortgage "strip-down" as a foreclosure-prevention measure, where strip … effective foreclosure-prevention program, because it would have only small and transient effects on the supply of mortgage loans. …-term reduction in mortgage interest rates and a small, short-term increase in mortgage approval rates, but no long-term effects, and …

We assess the credit market impact of allowing mortgage “strip-down” as a foreclosure-prevention measure, where strip … effective foreclosure-prevention program, because it would have only small and transient effects on the supply of mortgage loans …-term reduction in mortgage interest rates and a small, short-term increase in mortgage approval rates, but no long-term effects, and …

We assess the credit market impact of allowing mortgage "strip-down"--that is, reducing the principal of underwater … provided by a series of U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decisions in the early 1990's that introduced mortgage strip-down in … Court decision led to a short-term reduction of 3% in mortgage interest rates and a short-term increase of 1% in mortgage …

We assess the credit market impact of mortgage “strip-down” — reducing the principal of underwater residential … mortgages in bankruptcy was proposed as a means of reducing foreclosures during the recent mortgage crisis but was blocked by … new mortgage applicants. Our identification is provided by a series of U.S. Court of Appeals decisions during the late …

We assess the credit market impact of allowing mortgage "strip-down"--that is, reducing the principal of underwater … provided by a series of U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decisions in the early 1990's that introduced mortgage strip-down in … Court decision led to a short-term reduction of 3% in mortgage interest rates and a short-term increase of 1% in mortgage …

We document the emergence of a disconnect between mortgage and Treasury interest rates in the summer of 2003. Following … the end of the Federal Reserve expansionary cycle in June 2003, mortgage rates failed to rise according to their … historical relationship with Treasury yields, leading to significantly and persistently easier mortgage credit conditions. We …

We document the emergence of a disconnect between mortgage and Treasury interest rates in the summer of 2003. Following … the end of the Federal Reserve's expansionary cycle in June 2003, mortgage rates failed to rise according to their … historical relationship with Treasury yields, leading to significantly and persistently easier mortgage credit conditions. We …