A New Spin on the Jumbo/Conforming Loan Rate Differential

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 309-335

  Ambrose, Brent W ^a   Buttimer, Richard ^b   Thibodeau, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

House price volatility; Interest rates; Mortgage pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035600729     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017900103243     Document Type: Article

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