Discount Points

Discount Points is a financial instrument in mortgage lending whereby a borrower pays an upfront fee to the lender to reduce the interest rate on the loan, with each point typically costing 1% of the loan amount and lowering the rate by a specified fraction of a percent.

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Publications

3.5K

Citations

105

Authors

60

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Variants

Prepaid Interest

Authors

105

  1. MB
    Melonie B. Williams

    University of South Carolina, United States

    3 publications · 2K citations

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  2. MC
    Maribeth Coller

    University of South Carolina, United States

    2 publications · 993 citations

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  3. KL
    Karl L. Guntermann

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 45 citations

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  4. NB
    Neil Bhutta

    Federal Reserve Board of Governors, United States

    2 publications · 150 citations

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  5. JA
    Jerry A. Hausman

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  1. Real Estate Economics

    4 publications · 60 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 76 citations

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  3. Journal of Real Estate Research

    JRER · 2 publications · 23 citations

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  4. Experimental Economics

    2 publications · 993 citations

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  5. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

    2 publications · 97 citations

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