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   Structural Change in the Mortgage Market and the Propensity to Refinance, in Journal of Money, Credit & Banking » Read Now

   by Paul Bennett, Richard Peach, Stavros Peristiani. 21 pgs.

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   ...confirm that credit ratings and home equity have significant effects on the...refinancing. We measure the effect of home equity by the ratio of the...
   
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   Moral Hazard in Home Equity Conversion, in Real Estate Economics » Read Now

   by Robert J. Shiller, Allan N. Weiss. 31 pgs.

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   ...Moral Hazard in Home Equity Conversion by Robert J. Shiller...J. Shiller * Allan N. Weiss ** Home equity conversion as presently constituted...presented that is suitable...
   
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   It's Time for Home (Equity Loan) Improvements, in ABA Banking Journal » Read Now

   by Jo Ann Barefoot. 3 pgs.

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   ...Its time for home (equity loan) improvements. by Jo Ann Barefoot Its time for home equity loan improvements Theres more Regulation...compliance on the way, courtesy of the...
   
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   The Push Is on for Home Equity Business, in ABA Banking Journal » Read Now

   by Joseph Asher. 4 pgs.

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   ...The push is on for home equity business by Joseph Asher...is not bought, its sold. So with home equity loans and lines of credit. These...drop-off in the popularity of the...
   
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   Homeowners and Neighborhood Reinvestment » Read Now

   by George C. Galster. 358 pgs.

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   ...nonhousing wealth W plus the home equity held by the homeowner E . Symbolically...previously specified target level of home equity. As will be demonstrated in the...utility...
   
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   The Spatial Distribution of Housing-Related Ordinary Income Tax Benefits, in Real Estate Economics » Read Now

   by Joseph Gyourko, Todd Sinai. 49 pgs.

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   ...in which the family invested the home equity in taxable form and in which they...derives from the untaxed return on home equity. Just under one-quarter ($43 billion...the...
   
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   Real Estate and the Macroeconomy, in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity » Read Now

   by Karl E. Case. 44 pgs.

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   ...wealth through second mortgages and home equity loans. Liquidity-constrained households...at lower cost than in the past. Home equity loans and second mortgages...
   
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   Increased Value of Homes Aids Economy, in The Washington Times » Read Now

   by Patrice Hill. 1 pgs.

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   ...through refinancing are cashing out home equity to pay for home improvements, consolidate...other purchases. Others take out home-equity loans to finance the purchase...
   
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   $5 Trillion Mortgage Debt, in Insight on the News » Read Now

   by Patrice Hill. multiple pgs.

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   ...the bank, many are cashing out home equity to pay for home improvements, consolidate...other purchases. Others take out home-equity loans to finance the purchase...
   
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    Caring for the Disabled Elderly: Who Will Pay? (Chap. Eight "Home Equity Conversions") » Read Now

    by Alice M. Rivlin, Joshua M. Wiener, Raymond J. Hanley, Denise A. Spence. 318 pgs.

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    The Congressional Experience: A View from the Hill ("The Home Equity Loan Consumer Protection Act" begins on p.59) » Read Now

    by David E. Price. 194 pgs.

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    Retirement and Economic Behavior ("Home Equity and the Elderly" begins on p. 197 and "Life-Cycle Theory and Changes in Home Equity" begins on p. 216) » Read Now

    by Henry J. Aaron, Gary Burtless. 352 pgs.

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