Asset-backed securitization (ABS) is a creative arrangement to raise funds through the issuance of marketable securities backed by predictable future cash flows from revenue-producing assets. This paper proposes two pricing models: structural model and intensity model, to value credit spreads on...

The hedonic-based regression approach has been utilised extensively to investigate th relationship between house prices and housing characteristics. However, this approach is subject t criticisms arising from potential problems relating to fundamental model assumptions an estimation such as the...

The right of lenders to request for top-ups of negative equity when the property value falls below the loan outstanding is a little known, yet widely adopted provision in mortgage documents in many Asian markets. We analyze the effect of the top-up option by appealing to a contingent claim...

Asset backed securities have been promoted as an important financing instrument for property developers to raise capital in Singapore. In 1999 alone, S$1.92 billion worth of bonds have been issued via the securitization of six commercial properties and one residential condominium project under...

Asset-backed securitization (ABS) is a relatively new financial instrument in Singapore's capital market, which has been accepted by developers (originators) as an alternative source of financing. Credit assessment and rating requirements have not been imposed on the ABS bond issues....

This paper adopts a game‐theoretic Nash equilibrium approach to examine the issue of planning flexibility in terms of land use zoning and development by appealing to the ‘white sites’ programme in Singapore as a natural experiment. The key insight is that the existence of competing white...

Since the loan limit of a reverse mortgage is a major concern for the borrower as well as the lender, this paper attempts to develop an option-based model to evaluate the loan limits of reverse mortgages. Our model can identify several crucial determinants for reverse mortgage loan limits, such...