@techreport{NBERw3548, title = "The Market for Home Mortgage Credit: Recent Changes and Future Prospects", author = "Patric H. Hendershott", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "3548", year = "1990", month = "December", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w3548", abstract = {Three major changes occurred during the 1980s in the market for home mortgage credit; the securitization of fixed-rate mortgages, the development of a national primary market for adjustable-rate mortgages, and the decimation of the saving and loan industry. These changes and their impacts on various financial industries and homebuyers are the subjects of this paper. I also briefly speculate about likely future changes in this market.}, }