The Israeli Mortgage Market: Mortgage Insurance as a Mechanism for Screening Default Risk

Danny Ben-Shahar*, Gilat Benchetrit, Eyal Sulganik

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMortgage Markets Worldwide
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
Chapter5
Pages106-122
Number of pages17
ISBN (Print)9781405132107
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 May 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Borrowers' selection of LTV ratio
  • Increasing interest in mortgage insurance
  • Israel's economy and focus on local mortgage market
  • Israeli mortgage market
  • Modelling mortgage insurance as a screening mechanism
  • Mortgage equity insurance
  • Mortgage equity insurance - growing industry in Israel
  • Public (government) mortgage market

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