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Examining the contractual disclosures during the sale of private-label residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS …
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of such systems in providing certainty of title, and takes a tour through the mortgage foreclosure crisis to see where …
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Since the loan limit of a reverse mortgage is a major concern for the borrower as well as the lender, this paper … crucial determinants for reverse mortgage loan limits, such as initial housing price, expected housing price growth, house … mortgage lenders' informational advantage over reverse mortgage borrowers concerning housing market risk. In reverse mortgage …
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Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) data seem to confirm two concerns about these federally insured loans offered to …
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Home Equity Conversion Mortgages ("HECMs") offer older US homeowners liquidity and implicit home price insurance. If borrowers' homes are worth less than their loan balance when they move or die, their liability is limited to collateral value. The Federal Housing Administration ("FHA") absorbs...
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Banks modify more CRE loans than CMBS, contributing to better loan performance when property incomes decline. However, banks have higher delinquency rates for less-stressed loans, consistent with modification policies encouraging strategic default. Motivated by these facts, we develop a tradeoff...
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We study the role that recourse plays in the commercial real estate loan contracts of the largest U.S. banks. We find that recourse is valued by lenders and is treated as a substitute for conventional equity. At origination, recourse loans have rate spreads that are at least 20 basis points...
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We study the role that recourse plays the in commercial real estate loan contracts in the portfolios of the largest US banks. We find that recourse is valued by lenders and is treated as a substitute for conventional equity. At origination, recourse loans receive loan rate spreads that are at...
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Long-term fixed-rate mortgage contracts protect households against interest rate risk, yet most countries have … fixation length tracks the life-cycle decline of credit risk in the mortgage market: the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio decreases … using shorter-term contracts. To quantify demand for long-term contracts, I develop a life-cycle model of optimal mortgage …
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Banks modify more CRE loans than CMBS, contributing to better loan performance when property incomes decline. However, banks have higher delinquency rates for less-stressed loans, consistent with modification policies encouraging strategic default. Motivated by these facts, we develop a tradeoff...
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