Peas in a pod? Comparing the U.S. and Danish mortgage finance systems

Jesper Berg, Morten Bækmand Nielsen and James Vickery ()

No 848, Staff Reports from Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract: Like the United States, Denmark relies heavily on capital markets for funding residential mortgages, and the Danish covered bond market bears a number of similarities to U.S. agency securitization. In this paper we describe the key features of the Danish mortgage finance system and compare and contrast it to the U.S. system. We also note characteristics of the Danish model that may be of interest as the United States considers further mortgage finance reform. In particular, the Danish system includes features that mitigate refinancing frictions during periods of falling home prices, and offers borrowers the option to repurchase their mortgage at the market price, mitigating ?lock-in? effects. Danish mortgage intermediaries also have high capital ratios relative to their risk exposures, contributing to the stability of the Danish market.

Keywords: mortgage; covered bonds; securitization; Denmark; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G15 G18 G21 G23 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-05-01
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