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Mortgage Markets and Inter‐Regional Differences in Conventional Mortgage Terms

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  • Patricia M. Rudolph
  • Leonard V. Zumpano
  • Marvin J. Karson

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One of the purposes of the secondary mortgage market is to move funds from areas of capital surplus to areas of capital shortage. If mortgage funds move freely throughout the economy then the price of mortgage funds (the terms of the mortgage) should be the same everywhere. Thus, if the secondary mortgage market is efficient, mortgage terms should show less geographic variation after the secondary market began in 1970 than they showed before. In this paper, the efficiency of the market is tested in two stages. In the first, the average terms of mortgage loans in 1968 and 1978 are examined to determine whether they became more homogeneous after the secondary market was begun. In the second stage, the terms are modeled as a function of region, year by region interaction variables, foreclosure rates, the usury ceiling and the average cost of funds. This model is estimated and analyzed using a multivariate multiple regression technique.

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  • Patricia M. Rudolph & Leonard V. Zumpano & Marvin J. Karson, 1982. "Mortgage Markets and Inter‐Regional Differences in Conventional Mortgage Terms," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 10(1), pages 94-110, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:reesec:v:10:y:1982:i:1:p:94-110
    DOI: 10.1111/1540-6229.00259
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