Homebuilders, Affiliated Financing Arms, and the Mortgage Crisis

14 Pages Posted: 4 Jun 2014

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Sumit Agarwal

National University of Singapore

Gene Amromin

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Claudine Madras Gartenberg

Wharton School, University of Penn

Anna L. Paulson

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Sriram V. Villupuram

University of Texas at Arlington - Department of Finance and Real Estate

Date Written: June 2, 2014

Abstract

The authors’ findings indicate that homebuilder financing affiliates do make loans to observably riskier borrowers, but the loans made by homebuilders have lower delinquency rates than those made by unaffiliated lenders, even when loan and borrower characteristics are held constant.

Keywords: Homebuilders, Financial Crisis, Finance Arms of Homebuilders, Household Finance, Portfolio Choice, Investment Decisions, Banks, Depository Institutions, Micro Finance Institutions, Mortgages

Suggested Citation

Agarwal, Sumit and Amromin, Gene and Gartenberg, Claudine Madras and Paulson, Anna L. and Villupuram, Sriram V., Homebuilders, Affiliated Financing Arms, and the Mortgage Crisis (June 2, 2014). Economic Perspectives, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2444754

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Claudine Madras Gartenberg

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Anna L. Paulson (Contact Author)

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago ( email )

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Sriram V. Villupuram

University of Texas at Arlington - Department of Finance and Real Estate ( email )

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