Abstract
How do fluctuations in the value of home prices affect the borrowing conditions that households face outside the mortgage market? This paper turns to over 220,000 loan applications on Prosper.com - an internet based peer to peer bank - to analyze this question. We find that home owners in states with declining home prices face significantly higher interest rates. Declining home prices also limit their ability to access credit, and accelerate the pace of loan delinquencies in this market. These results are especially large for borrowers with sub prime credit ratings, and are driven in part by an increased demand for non-collateralized lending among this group. Thus, fluctuations in home prices appear to have a substantial impact on credit availability and consumer finance well beyond the mortgage market.
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