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Session Overview
Session
Track W1-2: Real Estate
Time:
Wednesday, 22/May/2024:
9:30am - 10:15am

Session Chair: Charles Nathanson, Northwestern University
Discussant: Edward Kim, University of Michigan
Location: Room 619


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Price Discrimination and Mortgage Choice

Jamie Coen1, Anil Kashyap2, May Rostom3

1Imperial College London; 2University of Chicago Booth School of Business; 3Bank of England

We characterise the large number of mortgage offers for which people qualify in the United Kingdom. Very few pick the cheapest option, nonetheless the one selected is not usually noticeably more expensive. A few borrowers make very expensive choices. These are most common when the menu they face has many expensive options, and are most likely for high loan-to-value and loan-to-income borrowers. Young people and first-time buyers are more prone to making expensive choices. The dispersion in the mortgage menu is consistent with banks price discriminating for borrowers who might pick poorly while competing for others who shop more effectively.


Coen-Price Discrimination and Mortgage Choice-605.pdf


 
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