Collateral Damage: How Refinancing Constraints Exacerbate Regional Recessions /
Caplin, Andrew.
Collateral Damage: How Refinancing Constraints Exacerbate Regional Recessions / Andrew Caplin, Charles Freeman, Joseph Tracy. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1993. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w4531 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w4531. .
November 1993.
In the current structure of the U.S. residential mortgage market, a fall in property values may make it very difficult for homeowners to refinance their mortgages to take advantage of falling interest rates. In this paper, we explain the institutional background for this effect and quantify its importance. We confirm that this form of collateral constraint has greatly reduced recent refinancing in states with depressed property markets. We also point to the many ways in which the reduction in refinancing may have inflicted additional damage in these already recession-hit states. Finally, we show that relatively minor institutional changes could have neutralized the damaging effects of the collateral constraints, and we discuss why the institutions have their current structure.
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Collateral Damage: How Refinancing Constraints Exacerbate Regional Recessions / Andrew Caplin, Charles Freeman, Joseph Tracy. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1993. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w4531 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w4531. .
November 1993.
In the current structure of the U.S. residential mortgage market, a fall in property values may make it very difficult for homeowners to refinance their mortgages to take advantage of falling interest rates. In this paper, we explain the institutional background for this effect and quantify its importance. We confirm that this form of collateral constraint has greatly reduced recent refinancing in states with depressed property markets. We also point to the many ways in which the reduction in refinancing may have inflicted additional damage in these already recession-hit states. Finally, we show that relatively minor institutional changes could have neutralized the damaging effects of the collateral constraints, and we discuss why the institutions have their current structure.
System requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.