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Mortgage default, lending conditions and macroprudential policy: Loan-level evidence from UK buy-to-lets

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  • Kelly, Robert
  • O’Toole, Conor

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Using a unique sample of mortgage loans for the UK buy-to-let market, we estimate a “double trigger” default model which links originating debt service and loan-to-value ratios to ex post default. We investigate whether the relationship between these ratios and default can be informative in the calibration of macro-prudential limits. We find default increasing with originating loan-to-value and falling in the origination debt service ratio. A non-linear cubic spline model is used to identify threshold effects and we identify clear turning points in these relationships. This analysis could provide one input into supervisory considerations when setting limits in a macro prudential context. In addition, we investigate how multiple loan portfolios interact with these thresholds with strong evidence to support tighter macroprudential restrictions on loans for second and subsequent properties.

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  • Kelly, Robert & O’Toole, Conor, 2018. "Mortgage default, lending conditions and macroprudential policy: Loan-level evidence from UK buy-to-lets," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 322-335.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finsta:v:36:y:2018:i:c:p:322-335
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2018.03.008
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    Keywords

    Macroprudential; Credit risk; Mortgages; UK;
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    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E51 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers
    • F30 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - General
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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