Neil Bhutta

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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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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
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware
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Payday loans, consumer finance, subprime lending, credit scores, debt

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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?

FEDS Working Paper No. 2020-7
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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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
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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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

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14924
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 29 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2021
Neil Bhutta, Andreas Fuster and Aurel Hizmo
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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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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 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

FEDS Working Paper No. 2017-86
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

FEDS Working Paper No. 2012-14
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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Paying Too Much? Price Dispersion in the U.S. Mortgage Market

FEDS Working Paper No. 2020-62
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 24 Aug 2020
Neil Bhutta, Andreas Fuster and Aurel Hizmo
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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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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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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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Payday Loans and Consumer Financial Health

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Payday Loans and Consumer Financial Health

FEDS Working Paper No. 2013-81
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 Smart Money is in Cash? Financial Literacy and Liquid Savings Among U.S. Families

FEDS Working Paper No. 2021-76
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 Jan 2022
Neil Bhutta, Jacqueline Blair and Lisa J. Dettling
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Financial Literacy, Savings, Liquidity, Household Wealth, Household Finance

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Stress Testing Household Debt

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Stress Testing Household Debt

FEDS Working Paper No. 2019-008
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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The Ins and Outs of Mortgage Debt During the Housing Boom and Bust

FEDS Working Paper No. 2014-91
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Nov 2014
Neil Bhutta
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Mortgage debt, mortgage default, first-time homebuyer, credit supply

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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

NBER Working Paper No. w28039
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2022
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
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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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

NBER Working Paper No. w24844
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 01 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 21 May 2022
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?

FEDS Notes No. 2021-08-16
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

Federal Reserve Bulletin, Vol. 106, No. 5 (September 2020). https://doi.org/10.17016/bulletin.2020.106
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

FEDS Notes No. 2020-09-28-2
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

FEDS Notes No. 2018-11-19, Harvard Business Law Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2
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
Neil Bhutta
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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
Neil Bhutta
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Community Reinvestment Act, regression discontinuity, low and moderate income, mortgage, information externality, homeownership