The Role of Technology in Mortgage Lending

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Fuster, Andreas; Plosser, Matthew; Schnabl, Philipp; Vickery, James
• 署名单位: Swiss National Bank (SNB); Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - New York; National Bureau of Economic Research; Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR)
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0893-9454
• DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhz018
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 1854
• 关键词: market

摘要

Technology-based (FinTech) lenders increased their market share of U.S. mortgage lending from 2% to 8% from 2010 to 2016. Using loan-level data on mortgage applications and originations, we show that FinTech lenders process mortgage applications 20% faster than other lenders, controlling for observable characteristics. Faster processing does not come at the cost of higher defaults. FinTech lenders adjust supply more elastically than do other lenders in response to exogenous mortgage demand shocks. In areas with more FinTech lending, borrowers refinance more, especially when it is in their interest. We find no evidence that FinTech lenders target borrowers with low access to finance. Received June 1, 2017; editorial decision November 5, 2018 by Editor Wei Jiang. Authors have furnished an Internet Appendix, which is available on the Oxford University Press Web site next to the link to the final published paper online.