2026-09-20T23:35:05Zhttps://dspace.mit.edu/server/oai/requestoai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/1269662022-12-19T19:17:24Zcom_1721.1_7582com_1721.1_7581col_1721.1_131023
Antoinette Schoar.
Wang, Yupeng(Scientist in business management)Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Sloan School of Management.
Sloan School of Management
2020-09-03T16:45:46Z
2020-09-03T16:45:46Z
2020
2020
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126966
1191221609
Thesis: S.M. in Management Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, May, 2020
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-56).
Fintech mortgage lenders have become an increasingly important source of mortgage credit in the US. Using loan-level data on mortgages sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (GSEs), I find that compared to traditional lenders, Fintech lenders are more likely to address credit demand from low credit score borrowers. However, they may be able to exploit two frictions in the GSEs' pricing and securitization setup. First, Fintech loans tend to have more risk layers conditional on paying the same guarantee fee, which are charged 15 basis points less of interest rate but translate to 0.5% higher delinquency rate ex-post. Second, Fintech loans get prepaid more often (11%). They get cross-subsidies in the to-be-announced mortgage-backed-securities market since these loans are pooled together with low prepayment risk loans in the same contract.
by Yupeng Wang.
S.M. in Management Research
S.M.inManagementResearch Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management
56 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Sloan School of Management.
FinTech mortgage lenders solving or exploiting a friction? evidence on risk layering and prepayment risk of conforming loans
Fin Tech mortgage lenders solving or exploiting a friction? evidence on risk layering and prepayment risk of conforming loans
Evidence on risk layering and prepayment risk of conforming loans
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