Real estate brokers are ubiquitous in both residential and commercial real estate transactions. There is a significant literature on the role and impact that residential brokers impart on transactions acting as agents to sellers and buyers. However, there is sparse literature focused on the...

We present evidence that affiliation between the debt renegotiator and the originator represents a mechanism to reduce asymmetric information inherent in debt renegotiation. We hypothesize that affiliation affords servicers lower-cost access to borrower information, thus improving their ability...

This paper examines the effect of information sharing agreements between Multiple Listing Service (MLS) platforms on the economic outcomes of listings. We present a theoretical model involving search and matching frictions that predicts that properties will trade at a price discount in the...