Utilizing a sample of loan originations, the distribution of the market served by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and conventional lenders is modeled through this current cycle. Results indicate that FHA market shares in the early years of the observation period (2003 through 2006) are...

House price volatility; lender and borrower perception of price trends, loan and property features; and the borrower’s put option are integrated in a model of residential mortgage default. These dimensions of the default problem have, to our knowledge, not previously been considered altogether...

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Returns for commercial real estate are determined by the interaction between the market for space or "space market" and the market for capital or "capital market." In the space market, tenants lease space and short run rental rates are determined by the supply and demand for space. Discount and...