Neil Bhutta

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1.

Payday Loan Choices and Consequences

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-30
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 13 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 09 May 2014
Neil Bhutta, Paige Marta Skiba and Jeremy Tobacman
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Payday loans, consumer finance, subprime lending, credit scores, debt

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COVID-19, the CARES Act, and Families' Financial Security

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 25 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2020
Neil Bhutta, Jacqueline Blair, Lisa J. Dettling and Kevin B. Moore
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Emergency Savings, Unemployment Insurance, COVID, Coronavirus, Pandemic, Household Finance

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Do Minorities Pay More for Mortgages?

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Do Minorities Pay More for Mortgages?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2020
Neil Bhutta and Aurel Hizmo
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Discrimination, Fair Lending, Mortgage, Points, Interest Rate, FHA, Consumer Protection, High-Cost Mortgage

Do Minorities Pay More for Mortgages?

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 May 2020
Neil Bhutta and Aurel Hizmo
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Discrimination; Fair lending; Mortgage; Points; Interest rate; FHA; Consumer protection; High-cost mortgage

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Consumer Ruthlessness and Mortgage Default During the 2007 to 2009 Housing Bust

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 19 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2017
Neil Bhutta, Jane Dokko and Hui Shan
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Housing, mortgage default, negative equity, ruthless default, strategic default, underwater

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Interest Rates and Equity Extraction During the Housing Boom

Kreisman Working Papers Series in Housing Law and Policy No. 3
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 10 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2017
Neil Bhutta and Benjamin J. Keys
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania, Real Estate Department
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equity extraction, interest rates, monetary policy, credit constraints, mortgages, credit records, household finance

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Paying Too Much? Borrower Sophistication and Overpayment in the US Mortgage Market

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Paying Too Much? Borrower Sophistication and Overpayment in the US Mortgage Market

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 22 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2021
Neil Bhutta, Andreas Fuster and Aurel Hizmo
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mortgages, household finance, interest rates, financial literacy, price dispersion

Paying Too Much? Borrower Sophistication and Overpayment in the Us Mortgage Market

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 29 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2021
Neil Bhutta, Andreas Fuster and Aurel Hizmo
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The Effect of Interest Rates on Home Buying: Evidence from a Shock to Mortgage Insurance Premiums

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The Effect of Interest Rates on Home Buying: Evidence from a Shock to Mortgage Insurance Premiums

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2019
Neil Bhutta and Daniel Ringo
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Interest rates, home buying, FHA, mortgages, mortgage insurance, credit rationing, debti to income, payment to income, regression discontinuity, monetary policy, stimulus

The Effect of Interest Rates on Home Buying: Evidence from a Discontinuity in Mortgage Insurance Premiums

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 07 Sep 2017
Neil Bhutta and Daniel Ringo
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Mortgage Market Conditions and Borrower Outcomes: Evidence from the 2012 HMDA Data and Matched HMDA - Credit Record Data

Federal Reserve Bulletin, 2013, Vol. 99 No. 4
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 22 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2017
Neil Bhutta and Glenn B. Canner
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Mortgage lending, discrimination, subprime, Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), Qualified Mortgage

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Mortgage Debt and Household Deleveraging: Accounting for the Decline in Mortgage Debt Using Consumer Credit Record Data

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Mortgage Debt and Household Deleveraging: Accounting for the Decline in Mortgage Debt Using Consumer Credit Record Data

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 May 2012
Neil Bhutta
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Deleveraging, mortgages, mortgage default, household debt

Mortgage Debt and Household Deleveraging: Accounting for the Decline in Mortgage Debt Using Consumer Credit Record Data

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Mar 2012
Neil Bhutta
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mortgage, household debt, deleveraging, mortgage default

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How Much Does Racial Bias Affect Mortgage Lending? Evidence from Human and Algorithmic Credit Decisions

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 19 Jul 2021
Neil Bhutta, Aurel Hizmo and Daniel Ringo
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Discrimination, mortgage lending, automated underwriting, credit score, fair lending

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The 2008 HMDA Data: The Mortgage Market During a Turbulent Year

Federal Reserve Bulletin
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2010
Robert B. Avery, Neil Bhutta, Kenneth P. Brevoort, Glenn B. Canner and Christa Gibbs
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The 2009 HMDA Data: The Mortgage Market During a Time of Low Interest Rates and Economic Distress

Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 2010
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2011
Robert B. Avery, Neil Bhutta, Kenneth P. Brevoort and Glenn B. Canner
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mortgages, HMDA

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Payday Loans and Consumer Financial Health

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Payday Loans and Consumer Financial Health

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 31 May 2017
Neil Bhutta
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Payday Loans and Consumer Financial Health

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 47, No. 1, 2014
Posted: 13 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2014
Neil Bhutta
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Payday loan, credit scores, credit records, fair lending, usury

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The 2014 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data

Federal Reserve Bulletin, Vol 101, No. 4, November 2015
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 31 May 2017 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2017
Neil Bhutta, Jack Popper and Daniel Ringo
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HMDA, mortgage, discrimination, Qualified Mortgage (QM), Ability to Repay Rule (ATR), large bank, nonbank, credit union, higher-priced mortgage, FHA, Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)

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Moral Hazard During the Housing Boom: Evidence from Private Mortgage Insurance

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 26 Mar 2021
Neil Bhutta and Benjamin J. Keys
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania, Real Estate Department
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mortgage insurance, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, moral hazard, housing boom, Great Recession, risk-shifting

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Paying Too Much? Price Dispersion in the U.S. Mortgage Market

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 24 Aug 2020
Neil Bhutta, Andreas Fuster and Aurel Hizmo
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The Ins and Outs of Mortgage Debt During the Housing Boom and Bust

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Nov 2014
Neil Bhutta
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Mortgage debt, mortgage default, first-time homebuyer, credit supply

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Stress Testing Household Debt

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Stress Testing Household Debt

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2019
Neil Bhutta, Jesse Bricker, Lisa J. Dettling, Jimmy Kelliher and Steven Laufer
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Delinquency, Household debt, Loan default, Stress testing

Stress Testing Household Debt

Journal of Credit Risk, Vol. 16, No. 3, 2020
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Jan 2021
Neil Bhutta, Jesse Bricker, Lisa J. Dettling, Jimmy Kelliher and Steven Laufer
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loan default, stress test, household debt, delinquency, financial stability

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Residential Mortgage Lending in 2016: Evidence from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data

Federal Reserve Bulletin, Vol. 103, No. 6
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Mar 2018
Neil Bhutta, Steven Laufer and Daniel Ringo
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HMDA, mortgage, refinance, home purchase, HMDA coverage, minority lending, nonbank lenders

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Refinancing, Monetary Policy, and the Credit Cycle

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Refinancing, Monetary Policy, and the Credit Cycle

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 12, pp. 67-93, 2020
Posted: 10 Dec 2020
Gene Amromin, Neil Bhutta and Benjamin J. Keys
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania, Real Estate Department

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Refinancing, Monetary Policy, and the Credit Cycle

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2021
Gene Amromin, Neil Bhutta and Benjamin J. Keys
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania, Real Estate Department
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GSE Activity and Mortgage Supply in Lower-Income and Minority Neighborhoods: The Effect of the Affordable Housing Goals

FEDS working Paper No. 2009-03
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Jan 2017
Neil Bhutta
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GSE, regression discontinuity, FHA, affordable housing goals, homeownership, subprime mortgage, underserved areas

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The 2013 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data

Federal Reserve Bulletin, November, 2014 (vol 100)
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 Dec 2018
Neil Bhutta and Daniel Ringo
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HMDA, mortgage, discrimination, higher-priced mortgage, FHA, Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), low and moderate income (LMI)

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Eyes Wide Shut? The Moral Hazard of Mortgage Insurers During the Housing Boom

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 01 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2021
Neil Bhutta and Benjamin J. Keys
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania, Real Estate Department
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Have Pandemic-Induced Declines in Home Listings Fueled House Price Growth?

Posted: 23 Aug 2021
Neil Bhutta, Adithya Raajkumar and Eileen van Straelen
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Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2016 to 2019: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances

Posted: 21 Oct 2020
Neil Bhutta, Jesse Bricker, Andrew C. Chang, Lisa J. Dettling, Sarena Goodman, Joanne W. Hsu, Kevin B. Moore, Sarah Reber, Alice Henriques Volz and Richard Windle
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Disparities in Wealth by Race and Ethnicity in the 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances

Posted: 02 Oct 2020
Neil Bhutta, Andrew C. Chang, Lisa J. Dettling, Joanne W. Hsu and Julia Hewitt
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Money in the Bank? Assessing Families' Liquid Savings using the Survey of Consumer Finances

Posted: 27 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2020
Neil Bhutta and Lisa J. Dettling
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Are Rising Home Values Restraining Homebuying for Lower-Income Families?

FEDS Notes No. 2017-09-28-2 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2078
Posted: 16 Oct 2017
Neil Bhutta, Steven Laufer and Daniel Ringo
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The Decline in Lending to Lower-Income Borrowers by the Biggest Banks

FEDS Notes No. 2017-09-28-1 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2077
Posted: 16 Oct 2017
Neil Bhutta, Steven Laufer and Daniel Ringo
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Changing FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums and the Effects on Lending

FEDS Notes No. 2016-09-29-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1843
Posted: 22 Oct 2016
Daniel Ringo and Neil Bhutta
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Credit Availability and the Decline in Mortgage Lending to Minorities after the Housing Boom

FEDS Notes No. 2016-09-29-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1842
Posted: 22 Oct 2016
Daniel Ringo and Neil Bhutta
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Effects of the Ability to Repay and Qualified Mortgage Rules on the Mortgage Market

FEDS Notes No. 2015-12-29 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1680
Posted: 31 Oct 2015
Neil Bhutta and Daniel Ringo
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The Ins and Outs of Mortgage Debt: An Update

FEDS Notes No. 2015-12-07 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1669
Posted: 31 Oct 2015
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Assessing the Community Reinvestment Act's Role in the Financial Crisis

FEDS Notes No. 2015-05-26-1 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1530
Posted: 22 Oct 2015
Neil Bhutta and Daniel Ringo
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GSE Activity and Mortgage Supply in Lower-Income and Minority Neighborhoods: The Effect of the Affordable Housing Goals

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2012
Posted: 09 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2012
Neil Bhutta
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GSE, Affordable housing goals, Low and moderate income, Mortgage

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The Community Reinvestment Act and Mortgage Lending to Lower Income Borrowers and Neighborhoods

Journal of Law and Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 21 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2011
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Community Reinvestment Act, regression discontinuity, low and moderate income, mortgage, information externality, homeownership