光船租赁情况下，有关船舶抵押权设立问题

本文就光船承租人设定船舶抵押权的效力 ,及光租合同下承租人的租货权与出租人设立的抵押权的关系等方面 ,论述了光租情况下 ,船舶抵押权设立。     

房屋典当探析

当下经济生活中普遍存在的房屋典当,虽然被《典当管理办法》规定为典当,但其与传统民法中的典当有所差别。同时,房屋典当与用益物权和传统民法中的典权不也相同。从本质属性上看,其应属于担保物权。当前形势下,房屋典当的这一性质应当在司法实务中灵活处理并尽早通过立法予以确定。     

住房按揭贷款保证保险防范风险的法律适用——以美国次级贷款危机及中国强烈地震为背景

美国次级房贷危机、中国512强烈地震,都使住房贷款机构陷入尴尬被动境地。保证保险能够防范次级房贷危机、化解银行贷款风险,避免按揭贷款买受人因意外事故引起的以房抵债、被迫搬迁等风险,增加保险公司业务量。但是,保证保险在实际中却没有推广应用,需要从法律上明确保证保险的性质、统一相关法律规定;改变银行以强势地位强制推行贷款保险、保险公司设计理赔事项及计算保险费用不合理等情形;完善保险人代位求偿权的规定。     

浅谈美国金融危机的成因及对中国的影响

本文首先回顾了次贷危机如何逐渐演变为全球性的金融危机，然后层层剖析了其原因，再分析了在金融危机中，中国会受到或已经受到哪些影响，最后，针对前述的分析提出相关的启示以及在金融危机中的应对措施。     

完善住房保障的思路与国外经验借鉴

目前，国内房价已经远远超出普通家庭的合理承受范围，从我国实际出发并借鉴国外经验，多渠道解决资金和房源、规范住房保障方式、合理确定保障标准、创新管理机制，进而加快住房保障的完善显得愈加重要。     

住房反抵押货款模式中的预期寿命风险及其承担机制

以住房反抵押贷款模式辅助现行的养老制度，以改善老年人的生活水平、寻求和建立养老保障的新机制，近来收到了广泛的关注。但是该模式在推行中会由于种种不确定性，借贷双方都将面临较大风险，从而使这一模式的推行遭遇相当的障碍。本文着重对该模式推行中涉及的借款者的预期寿命与实际寿命之间的差异风险，以及其承担机制，给予了较深入的探讨。     

Grey Power: Towards a Political Economy of Older Voters in the UK

The impact of age on voting behaviour and political outcomes has become an issue of increasing interest, particularly in the UK. Age divides in voter turnout and political preferences have led to claims that age is the ‘new class’. In this article, we contrast existing ‘cultural backlash’ and political economy explanations of the age divide in politics, and challenge the view that older people are predominantly ‘left behind’, culturally or economically. We show that older people have distinct material interests, related to housing wealth and pensions’ income, that are visible in their political preferences. We argue for the development of a new political economy of age.     

论设立房屋所有权转移登记前置选择性公证实质审查制度

在房屋所有权转移登记中引入自愿公证,采取前置选择性公证实质审查制度,设立选择性的办理房产证＂绿色通道＂,是解决老百姓购房后办理房产证难的有效途径。同时,对减轻国家财政负担和房产登记机关压力,提高房屋交易安全等方面也具有积极作用。     

Market segmentation and lender specialization in the primary and secondary mortgage markets

Abstract

This paper provides a comprehensive evaluation of market segmentation and lender/purchaser specialization in the primary and secondary mortgage markets. It describes and assesses the 1990 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data, which for the first time provide detailed information on the borrower and neighborhood racial and income characteristics of mortgage loan originations and securitizations in the primary and secondary mortgage markets. Evidence presented in the paper indicates that home purchase loan origination rates for black applicants—and, to a lesser degree, Hispanic applicants—appear to be significantly lower than those of other racial or ethnic groups. Similarly, the HMDA data reveal that home purchase mortgage origination rates in predominantly minority census tracts are significantly lower than those in predominantly white neighborhoods. The HMDA data also indicate a striking reliance of black borrowers on government‐backed forms of mortgage credit.

The paper further reveals that secondary market loan purchase distributions arrayed by borrower and neighborhood characteristics generally reflect those of home mortgage originations. The borrower and locational characteristics of home purchase loans acquired by the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) directly reflect that agency's legislated specialization in government‐backed loans, whereas the characteristics of loans acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the most part derive from the borrower and geographic composition of conventional home purchase loan originations. Findings of analyses of HMDA data raise concern regarding the access of minority and low‐income households and neighborhoods to mortgage finance. Those results also raise some question as to whether the federally chartered agencies in the secondary market are adequately promoting the availability of mortgage credit to low‐ and moderate‐income and minority households.     

论共同抵押

我国《担保法》未明确规定共同抵押制度。本文拟从共同抵押的概念和特征 ,共同抵押的成立 ,效力等方面探讨我国共同抵押制度的构建