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Securitization of Subprime Mortgage Credit: B. Rosen R. Tsai
Securitization of Subprime Mortgage Credit: B. Rosen R. Tsai
Mortgage Credit
B. Rosen
R. Tsai
Table of Contents
Summary of empirical research by
Yuliya Demyank (St. Louis Fed) and
Otto Van Hemert (NYU Stern) Dec
2008
Analysis of Bloomberg Data
Five findings
Quantified determinants of 2006 and 2007 loans
Showed declining loan quality (loan performance
adjusted for borrower, macro variables)
Was possible to detect loan deterioration ahead of
time with simple statistical tests
Securitizers knew of deterioration, changing
determinants of mortgage rates
Higher likelihood of delinquencies in low- middleincome areas (negative byproduct of Community
Reinvestment Act, GSEs)
Subprime loan
characteristics
Determinants
Determinants
Determinants
Collateral Composition
Collateral Composition
Collateral Composition
Collateral Composition
Loss Coverage
Delinquency