Fed Study on GSE'S encouraging default....
Started by Riversider
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http://brucekrasting.blogspot.com/2009/11/richmond-fed-on-gses-they-encourage.html "We cannot reject the hypothesis that recourse does not have an effect on Loans held by the Government Sponsored Enterprises.” "Recourse does not have a significant impact on the probability of default for mortgages held by a GSE.” “The probability of default by foreclosure increases by 7% for mortgages held by a GSE as compared to the mortgages held by private lenders.”
http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/working_papers/2009/pdf/wp09-10.pdf
Intresting take on Targeted Lending by Gov't being a failure...
http://brucekrasting.blogspot.com/2009/10/edward-demarco-boss-at-fhfa-made.html
and look at the graph. how it starts out small and just takes over..
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5JJarCb6DPo/StZyQlFlAAI/AAAAAAAAAlU/jS2edfN9qs4/s1600-h/fhagraph.png
I could not understand until now, why Florida which has deficiency judgments had default rates as high as California. It seemed to fly in the face of strategic defaults. The answer was that Florida is Home Stead exemptions which effectively protect personal assets and give the home owner an incentive to walk.....
http://ronwebster.com/content/florida-homestead-exemption