Leverage and Mortgage Foreclosures

25 Pages Posted: 9 Mar 2009

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Donald C. Keenan

University of Georgia; University of Cergy-Pontoise

Alexey A. Smurov

Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)

James B. Kau

University of Georgia - Department of Insurance, Legal Studies, Real Estate

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Date Written: March 3, 2009

Abstract

In this paper, we deduce the default and prepayment characteristics of mortgages by examining the actual behaviors of a large set of conforming fixed rate mortgages tracked over time. Employing reduced form pricing techniques, we are then able to fully value such mortgages, and so determine the cost as well as the probability of default for any particular mortgage. The analysis reveals the levels of foreclosures that can be expected when loans are leveraged at the high loan-to-value ratios characteristic of recent years.

Keywords: leverage, default, mortgage

Suggested Citation

Keenan, Donald C. and Keenan, Donald C. and Smurov, Alexey A. and Kau, James B., Leverage and Mortgage Foreclosures (March 3, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1352537 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1352537

Donald C. Keenan

University of Cergy-Pontoise ( email )

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University of Georgia ( email )

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Alexey A. Smurov

Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) ( email )

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United States

James B. Kau (Contact Author)

University of Georgia - Department of Insurance, Legal Studies, Real Estate ( email )

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United States
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706-542-4295 (Fax)

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