Table of Contents
Introduction Susan M. Wachter Joseph Tracy 1
Part I Structural Reform Options
Chapter 1 Legislative Approaches to Housing Finance Reform David Scharfstein Phillip Swagel 7
Chapter 2 The Capital and Governance of a Mortgage Securitization Utility Patricia C. Mosser Joseph Tracy Joshua Wright 32
Chapter 3 Macroprudential Mortgage-Backed Securitization: Can It Work? Diana Hancock Wayne Passmore 68
Part II Housing Finance: Beyond the Basics
Chapter 4 Reforms for a System That Works: Multifamily Housing Finance Mark A. Willis John Griffith 107
Chapter 5 The Once and Future Federal Housing Administration Kevin A. Park Roberto G. Quercia 131
Chapter 6 The Federal Home Loan Bank System and U.S. Housing Finance W. Scott Frame 150
Part III Housing Finance Infrastructure
Chapter 7 The TBA Market: Effects and Prerequisites Akash Kanojia Meghan Grant 167
Chapter 8 The Significance and Design of a National Mortgage Note Registry Stephanie Heller Dale A. Whitman 186
Chapter 9 Informed Securitization Susan M. Wachter 209
Notes 223
References 247
List of Contributors 269
Index 275