Mortgage Brokers and the Refinancing Transaction: Evidence from CRA Borrowers

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-210

  Spader, Jonathan S ^a   Quercia, Roberto G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortgage brokers; Refinancing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551493759     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-009-9192-0     Document Type: Article

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