Do restrictions on home equity extraction contribute to lower mortgage defaults? evidence from a policy discontinuity at the Texas border

Anil Kumar

No 1410, Working Papers from Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Abstract: Texas is the only US state that limits home equity borrowing to 80 percent of home value. This paper exploits this policy discontinuity around the Texas? interstate borders and uses a multidimensional regression discontinuity design framework to find that limits on home equity borrowing in Texas lowered the likelihood of mortgage default by about 1 percentage point for all mortgages and 2-4 percentage points for nonprime mortgages. Estimated nonprime mortgage default hazards within 25 to 100 miles on either side of the Texas? border are about 15 percent smaller as one crosses into Texas.

Keywords: home equity; mortgage defaults; negative equity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 G28 R28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2014-09-01
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DOI: 10.24149/wp1410

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