2012
DOI: 10.3386/w18339
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Mortgage Market Design

Abstract: This paper explores the causes and consequences of cross-country variation in mortgage market structure. It draws on insights from several fields: urban economics, asset pricing, behavioral finance, financial intermediation, and macroeconomics. It discusses lessons from the credit boom, the challenges of mortgage modification in the aftermath of the boom, consumer financial protection, and alternative mortgage forms and funding models. The paper argues that the US has much to learn from mortgage finance in oth… Show more

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“…More than half of these assets consists of mortgages. The large funding gap also make banks vulnerable for maturity transformation between interest rates (Campbell, 2013), since two-thirds of Dutch mortgage rates are fixed for a of period 10 years or more.…”
Section: Dutch Mortgage Marketmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…More than half of these assets consists of mortgages. The large funding gap also make banks vulnerable for maturity transformation between interest rates (Campbell, 2013), since two-thirds of Dutch mortgage rates are fixed for a of period 10 years or more.…”
Section: Dutch Mortgage Marketmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This approach is complicated by the di¢ cult to measure and potentially unobservable factors which may a¤ect household mortgage choice across countries. For example, historical experiences with interest rate and in ‡ation volatility can have long-lasting e¤ects because consumers can be slow to adopt new …nancial instruments (Campbell 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Focusing on the United States and Europe, Campbell (2013) and Jaffee (2015) document that European countries-with a few exceptions-tend to observe less volatility in house price movements than does the United States. Furthermore, during the recent housing bust, even countries that experienced large drops in house prices, such as Denmark, have largely avoided the mortgage default crisis that has ravaged the United States.…”
Section: Policy Discussion and Welfarementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, as discussed by Hedlund (2015), the implied positive relationship in the model between mortgage debt and list price at high leverage ranges is consistent with empirical evidence in Mayer (1997, 2001). 27 See Corbae and Quintin (2015), Campbell (2013), Campbell and Cocco (2015), Jones (1993), and Bhutta, Dokko, and Shan (2010) for further discussion.…”
Section: Reforming Foreclosure Lawsmentioning
confidence: 99%