How Making Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities Portable May Impact Housing and Mortgage-Backed Securities Investors
Research Paper
May 14, 2024
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U.S. mortgages are generally not portable. While there would be legal hurdles to overcome to reverse the situation, such a move could benefit not only homeowners, but potentially investors in mortgage-backed securities. ©2024 With Intelligence. Republished with permission from the Journal of Fixed Income, from: David Zhang, Yihai Yu, and Joy Zhang, "How Making Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities Portable May Impact Housing and Mortgage-Backed Securities Investors," Journal of Fixed Income 33, no. 3 (winter 2024).
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