JF Cocco, P Lopes - The Review of Economic Studies, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We study the role of housing wealth in financing retirement consumption. In our model retirees: 1. derive utility benefits from remaining in their home (aging in place); and 2 …
While reverse mortgages are intended as a tool to enable financial security for older homeowners, in 2014, nearly 12 percent of reverse mortgage borrowers in the federally …
T Davidoff - The Review of Financial Studies, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (“HECMs”) implicitly bundle nondefaultable credit lines with put options that let borrowers, or their heirs, sell mortgaged homes for the …
T Davidoff, GM Welke - Journal of Real Estate Research, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insures Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) lenders against shortfalls between loan balances and collateral value. Because …
This chapter considers the structure of mortgage finance in the United States and its role in shaping patterns of homeownership, the nature of the housing stock, and the organization of …
M Statman - The Journal of Retirement, 2017 - search.proquest.com
Behavioral life-cycle theory is centered on the hypothesis that even people who want smooth spending during their entire life cycle, as predicted by standard life-cycle theory, find …
This paper documents large racial disparities in the ability of homeowners to access their housing wealth without moving. During the 2018–2021 period, Black homeowners' …
T Davidoff, J Wetzel - Available at SSRN 2279930, 2014 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (" HECMs") offer older US homeowners liquidity and implicit home price insurance. If borrowers' homes are worth less than their loan …
Using unique data on reverse mortgage borrowers in the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program, we semiparametrically estimate a dynamic discrete choice …