• Housing Habits and Their Implications for Life-Cycle Consumption and Investment 

      Kraft, Holger; Munk, Claus; Wagner, Sebastian (2017-01-26)
      We solve a rich life-cycle model of household decisions involving consumption of perishable goods and housing services, habit formation for housing consumption, stochastic labor income, stochastic house prices, home renting ...
    • Mortgage Supply and the US Housing Boom: The Role of the Community Reinvestment Act 

      Saadi, Vahid (2019-10-30)
      This paper studies the role of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in the US housing boom-bust cycle. I find that the enhancement in CRA enforcement in 1998 increased the growth rate of mortgage lending by CRA-regulated ...
    • Mortgage Supply and the US Housing Boom: The Role of the Community Reinvestment Act 

      Saadi, Vahid (2016-10-30)
      This paper studies the role of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in the US housing boom-bust cycle. I find that the enhancement in CRA enforcement in 1998 increased the growth rate of mortgage lending by CRA-regulated ...
    • When Should Retirees Tap Their Home Equity? 

      Hambel, Christoph; Kraft, Holger; Meyer-Wehmann, André (2020-10-28)
      This paper studies a household’s optimal demand for a reverse mortgage. These contracts allow homeowners to tap their home equity to finance consumption needs. In stylized frameworks, we show that the decision to enter a ...
    • Who Invests in Home Equity to Exempt Wealth from Bankruptcy? 

      Corradin, Stefano; Gropp, Reint E.; Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc (2013-05-01)
      Homestead exemptions to personal bankruptcy allow households to retain their home equity up to a limit determined at the state level. Households that may experience bankruptcy thus have an incentive to bias their portfolios ...