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| Title: | | Do borrower rights improve borrower outcomes? Evidence from the foreclosure process  |
| Authors: | | Gerardi, Kristopher Lambie-Hanson, Lauren Willen, Paul S. |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Public policy Discussion Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 11-9 |
| Abstract: | | The authors evaluate laws designed to protect borrowers from foreclosure. They find that these laws delay but do not prevent foreclosures. They first compare states that require lenders to seek judicial permission to foreclose with states that do not. Borrowers in judicial states are no more likely to cure and no more likely to renegotiate their loans, but the delays lead to a buildup in these states of persistently delinquent borrowers, the vast majority of whom eventually lose their homes. They next analyze a right-to-cure law instituted in Massachusetts on May 1, 2008. Using a difference-in-differences approach to evaluate the effect of the policy, they compare Massachusetts with neighboring states that did not adopt similar laws. They find that the right-to-cure law lengthens the foreclosure timeline but does not lead to better outcomes for borrowers. |
| Subjects: | | foreclosure mortgage judicial power of sale right to cure |
| JEL: | | G21 K11 R31 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Public Policy Discussion Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
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