Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/129700 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Sveriges Riksbank Working Paper Series No. 286
Publisher: 
Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm
Abstract: 
We develop an equilibrium model for origination fees charged by mortgage brokers and show how the equilibrium fee distribution depends on borrowers' valuation for their loans and their information about fees. We use non-crossing quantile regressions and data from a large subprime lender to estimate conditional fee distributions. Given the fee distribution, we identify the distributions of borrower valuations and informedness. The level of informedness is higher for larger loans and in better educated neighborhoods. We quantify the fraction of the surplus from the mortgage that goes to the broker, and how it decreases as the borrower becomes more informed.
Subjects: 
Mortgage broker compensation
Borrower Valuation
Borrower Informedness
JEL: 
G21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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