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Optimal Stopping and Losses on Subprime Mortgages

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Dennis Capozza ()
Thomas Thomson

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Lender losses on mortgage loans arise from a two-stage process. In the first stage, the borrower stops making payments if and when default is optimal. The second stage is a lengthy and costly period during which the lender employs legal remedies to obtain possession and execute a sale of the collateral. This research uses data on subprime mortgage losses to explore the role of borrower and collateral characteristics, and local legal requirements, as well as traditional option variables in the decisions of borrowers and lenders. Although subprime borrowers default earlier, which should reduce lender losses, these borrowers, nevertheless, impose greater realized losses on mortgage lenders. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2004

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Article provided by Springer in its journal The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics.

Volume (Year): 30 (2004)
Issue (Month): 2 (November)
Pages: 115-131
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Keywords: subprime; mortgages; defaults; losses; lending;

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  1. Jones, Lawrence D, 1993. "Deficiency Judgments and the Exercise of the Default Option in Home Mortgage Loans," Journal of Law & Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 36(1), pages 115-38, April.
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  6. Ambrose, Brent W & Capone, Charles A, Jr & Deng, Yongheng, 2001. "Optimal Put Exercise: An Empirical Examination of Conditions for Mortgage Foreclosure," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 23(2), pages 213-34, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Anthony Pennington-Cross, 2006. "The duration of foreclosures in the subprime mortgage market: a competing risks model with mixing," Working Papers 2006-027, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. [Downloadable!]
  2. Michelle A. Danis & Anthony Pennington-Cross, 2005. "The delinquency of subprime mortgages," Working Papers 2005-022, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Michelle A. Danis & Anthony Pennington-Cross, 2005. "A dynamic look at subprime loan performance," Working Papers 2005-029, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. [Downloadable!]
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