This paper will reintroduce, explore and expand on the financing arrangement known as a Participation Mortgage. First, this paper will cover the features, history and policy purposes behind the mortgage. Second, the paper will focus on legal mechanics and drafting considerations of Participation...

Since the 2007 financial crisis, the mortgage market has been renovating its tools and instruments in order to avoid a new crisis. One such innovative instrument is the participating mortgage, in which the lender gains part of the net operating income and/or future appreciation. In this paper,...

We develop a micro based macro model for residential home prices in an economy where defaults on residential mortgages negatively affect housing prices. Our model enables us to study the impact of subprime defaults on prime borrowers and the impact of various government policies on the housing...

We use an empirical model of commercial mortgage spreads to examine how tenant diversification impacts credit spreads for mortgages on retail properties. We find that mortgages on properties with a highly diversified tenant base have spreads that are up to 7.1 basis points higher than spreads on...