A national loan level data set, aggregated at the zip code is used to examine the elasticity of default relative to local demographic characteristics and state level legislation regulating foreclosure procedures and predatory lending. We also illustrate the merit of using a form of hierarchical...

Using a national loan level data set we examine loan default as explained by local demographic characteristics and state level legislation that regulates foreclosure procedures and predatory lending through a hierarchical linear model. We observe significant variation in the default rate across...

We study the effect on economic outcomes resulting from reputation in a market and related locational advantage of intermediaries through the lens of brokered transactions in the commercial real estate market. Specifically, we explore how the locational advantage generated by a reputation for...

Turnover rates are important as determinants of the level of activity in housing related industries, in effecting housing market adjustments, and in revealing prices in illiquid, highly segmented, informationaly inefficient housing markets. This study examines the relative influence of structure...