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Economic Quarterly

First Quarter 2011

A Regional Look at the Role of House Prices and Labor Market Conditions in Mortgage Default

We study the regional variation in foreclosure rates in more detail by examining two localities in our district: Prince William County, Virginia, and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Sonya Ravindranath Waddell, Anne Davlin and Edward S. Prescott

First Quarter 2011

Housing and the Great Recession: A VAR Accounting Exercise

Samuel E. Henly and Alexander L. Wolman

First Quarter 2011

Optimal Contracts for Housing Services Purchases

Borys Grochulski

First Quarter 2011

Mortgage Reform and the Countercyclical Role of the Federal Housing Administration's Mortgage Mutual Insurance Fund

Brent C Smith

Lisa Davis