Appendix 3: Did Mortgages with Second Liens have Worse Outcomes
than Other Mortgages?
Logit Coefficent (Exponentiate to Derive Impact on Odds Ratio)
Subsequent Second Liens Originated in Different House Price Conditions (<=5 Percent Appreciation Since Firstâ€Lien
Origination, 5â€20 Percent Appreciation, >20 Percent Appr
Measure of Bad Outcomes:
Controls for Cumulative LTV and other Secondâ€Related Factors?
Defaults/Shortâ€Sales/Deedâ€inâ€Lieu/Any D90 Episode
No
0.80
0.20
â€0.40
â€1.00
â€1.60
â€2.20
â€2.80
Subsequent CES (Preâ€Secondâ€Lien Appreciation<=5%)
Subsequent CES (5%<Preâ€Secondâ€Lien Appreciation<=20%)
Subsequent CES (Preâ€Secondâ€Lien Appreciation>20%)
Subsequent HELOC (Preâ€Secondâ€Lien Appreciation<=5%)
Subsequent HELOC (5%<Preâ€Secondâ€Lien Appreciation<=20%)
Subsequent HELOC (Preâ€Secondâ€Lien Appreciation>20%)
â€3.40
â€4.00
â€4.60
â€5.20
â€5.80
â€6.40
â€7.00
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Figures are coefficient estimates for secondâ€lien indicator variables in multinomial logit models specified in text. The model is estimated
separately for each loan origination year. Statistically insignificant coefficients are not shown.
2010
.