Differential Impacts of Structural and Cyclical Unemployment on Mortgage Default and Prepayment

Authors

Roberto G. Quercia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anthony Pennington-Cross, Marquette UniversityFollow
Chao Yue Tian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

22 p.

Publication Date

4-2014

Publisher

Springer

Source Publication

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Source ISSN

1573-045X

Abstract

The Great Recession (the fourth quarter of 2007 through the second quarter of 2009) has been characterized by high rates of foreclosures and unemployment. Using a sample of community reinvestment loans, we examine the impact of structural unemployment and cyclical unemployment on mortgage terminations (default and prepayment). We find that mortgage default and prepayment are more sensitive to changes in the structural component of the local unemployment rate than in the cyclical component. In addition, depending on whether structural unemployment rates are high or low, borrowers and lenders react differently to the incentives to terminate a loan.

Comments

Accepted version. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics (April 2014). DOI. © 2014 Springer. Used with permission.

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Recommended Citation

Quercia, Roberto G.; Pennington-Cross, Anthony; and Tian, Chao Yue, "Differential Impacts of Structural and Cyclical Unemployment on Mortgage Default and Prepayment" (2014). Finance Faculty Research and Publications. 91.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/fin_fac/91