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Subprime Lending In The Primary And Secondary Mortgage Market, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Subprime Lending In The Primary And Secondary Mortgage Market, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Anthony Pennington-Cross
This article provides an exploratory analysis of the role of subprime lending through an examination of the spatial distribution of Federal Housing Administration (FHA)—eligible home purchase loans in the primary and secondary mortgage markets. Loan originations are aggregated to the metropolitan statistical area level to examine the proportion of the market served by FHA, prime, and subprime lenders. The article then examines whether subprime lenders hold their loans in portfolio or sell them to private conduits. Primary market results indicate that subprime lenders are more active in cities with worse economic risk characteristics. Secondary market results indicate that although subprime …
Local Economic Risk Factors On The Primary And Secondary Mortgage Markets, Brent Ambrose, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Local Economic Risk Factors On The Primary And Secondary Mortgage Markets, Brent Ambrose, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Anthony Pennington-Cross
This paper presents a cross-sectional analysis of the spatial distribution of loans in the primary and secondary mortgage markets. Aggregating loan originations to the MSA level, we examine the proportion of the market served by FHA and conventional lenders. We model the geographic differences in market shares as a function of supply, demand, and economic risk factors. Results indicate that FHA market shares are higher in cities with higher economic risk characteristics. To examine the role of GSE activity, we model the spatial distribution of the disposition of conventional loans. Again, we focus on the impact of local economic risk …