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Alt-A: the forgotten segment of the mortgage market


Abstract: This study presents a brief overview of the Alt-A mortgage market with the goal of outlining broad trends in the different borrower and mortgage characteristics of Alt-A market originations between 2000 and 2006. The paper also documents the default patterns of Alt-A mortgages in terms of the various borrower and mortgage characteristics over this period.

https://doi.org/10.20955/r.92.55-72

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: Review

Publication Date: 2010

Volume: 92

Issue: Jan

Pages: 55-72