Mortgage Credit Availability and Residential Construction

Residential Mortgage Default

although default rates on residential mortgages have been relatively low in recent years, policymakers and economists should still be concerned about mortgage default for several reasons. First, while the foreclosure rate in the u.s. has averaged only 1 percent over the past 20 years, there have been dramatic swings in regional default rates over this period. For example, in the early 1990s for...

Credit Availability and Economic Decisions: Some Evidence from the Mortgage and Housing Markets

Small Business Credit Scoring and Credit Availability

U.S. commercial banks are increasingly using credit scoring models to underwrite small business credits. This paper discusses this technology, evaluates the research findings on the effects of this technology on small business credit availability, and links these findings to a number of research and public policy issues. JEL classification: G21, G28, G34, L23

Credit Spreads: Evidence from the Mortgage Market

Using micro-level data from the mortgage market, we examine yield spreads as a funnction of both credit risk and prepayment risk using a two-stage instrumental variable approach. Our results are consistent with findings in the finance literature that leverageinduced financial risk reflected in capital structure results in higher yield spreads on debt. In particular, borrowers with loan-to-value...

Behaviorally Informed Home Mortgage Credit Regulation

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