We show that since 1994, branching deregulations in the U.S have signi…cantly af-fected the supply of mortgage credit, and ultimately house prices. With deregulation,the number and volume of originated mortgage loans increase, while denial rates fall.But the deregulation has no effect on a...

We use a user-cost model to study how dispersed information among housing marketparticipants a¤ects the equilibrium house price. In the model, agents are disparatelyinformed about local economic conditions, consume housing services, and speculate onprice changes. Information dispersion leads...