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Mortgage refinancing
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Credit cycle and adverse selection effects in consumer credit markets -- evidence from the HELOC market
The authors empirically study how the underlying riskiness of the pool of home equity line of credit originations is affected over the credit cycle. Drawing from the largest existing database of U.S. home equity lines of credit, they use county-level aggregates of these loans to estimate panel regressions on the characteristics of the borrowers and their loans, and competing risk hazard regressions on the outcomes of the loans. The authors show that when the expected unemployment risk of households increases, riskier households tend to borrow more. As a consequence, the pool of households ...
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A new look at second liens
We use data from credit reports and deed records to better understand the extent to which second liens contributed to the housing crisis by allowing buyers to purchase homes with small down-payments. At the top of the housing market, second liens were quite prevalent: As many as 45 percent of home purchases in coastal markets and bubble locations involved a piggyback second lien. Owner-occupants were more likely to use piggyback second liens than were investors. Second liens in the form of home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) were originated to relatively high-quality borrowers, and ...
Journal Article
Home equity lending: boon or bane?
Journal Article
Home equity lending
Journal Article
Have home equity loans survived the decline in home equity?
Journal Article
After the refinancing boom: will consumers scale back their spending?
Concerns are rising that the recent surge in home equity withdrawal has left consumers in a weakened financial position that will, over time, prompt a retrenchment in spending. However, a look at household assets and liabilities suggests that consumers have used the withdrawn funds to restructure their balance sheets and reduce their debt service burden. As a result, households may be in a better position to spend in the years ahead.
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Home equity and household income
During 1995-2007, home equity increased more than gross income for high-, low- and middle-income groups.
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Home equity lending: evidence from recent surveys
Journal Article
Changes to Regulation Z Expand Loans Subject to HOEPA
The Home Ownership Equity Protection Act (HOEPA) was enacted in response to anecdotal evidence of abusive practices in the home equity lending market. The regulation that implements HOEPA, Regulation Z, has undergone several changes, including how creditors determine if a loan is covered under the act. Compliance with the expanded HOEPA rules is mandatory as of Oct. 1, 2002.