Residential Mortgage Default: The Roles of House Price Volatility, Euphoria and the Borrower's Put Option

被引:13
作者
Archer, Wayne R. [1 ]
Smith, Brent C. [2 ]
机构
[1] Wachovia Fellow Univ Florida, Warrington Coll Business Adm, Dept Finance Insurance & Real Estate, Gainesville, FL USA
[2] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Finance Insurance & Real Estate, Snead Sch Business, Richmond, VA 23284 USA
关键词
Residential mortgage default; Risk; Lending; Housing economics; Mortgage underwriting; FORECLOSURE;
D O I
10.1007/s11146-011-9335-y
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
House price volatility; lender and borrower perception of price trends, loan and property features; and the borrower's put option are integrated in a model of residential mortgage default. These dimensions of the default problem have, to our knowledge, not previously been considered altogether within the same investigation framework. We rely on a sample of individual mortgage loans for 20 counties in Florida, over the period 2001 through 2008, third quarter, with housing price performance obtained from repeat sales analysis of individual transactions. The results from the analysis strongly confirm the significance of the borrower's put as an operative factor in default. At the same time, the results provide convincing evidence that the experience in Florida is in part driven by lenders and purchasers exhibiting euphoric behavior such that in markets with higher price appreciation there is a willingness to accept recent prior performance as an indicator of future risk. This connection illustrates a familiar moral hazard in the housing market due to the limited information about future prices.
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页码:355 / 378
页数:24
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