When people think about air pollution, they often focus on concentrations outdoors. But what about inside our homes? The air in our homes can be affected both by the outdoor…
In the wake of the Great Recession, US monetary policy focused in large measure on purchases of mortgage-backed securities, with the goal of lowering mortgage rates. The…
This paper seeks to refine our understanding of how refinancing a mortgage affects household outcomes. This issue has attracted particular attention in the wake of the Great…
W00-2: The Mexican mortgage market experienced significant turbulence in the 1990s allowing a newly created financial intermediary, the Sociedades Financieras de Objeto…
W00-3: The Mexican government has struggled to curtail growth of bad bank loans since the currency devaluation of December1994. This paper examines borrower choice to…
This report is modeled after The State of the Nation's Housing reports produced by the Joint Center for Housing Studies since the early 1980s. These reports provide a…