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Wiley InterScience

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volume 31 Issue 2, Pages 326 - 345

Published Online: 4 Mar 2005

Copyright 2010 by The American Council on Consumer Interests



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Determinants of the Demand for Home Equity Credit Lines
DAN SALANDRO 1 WILLIAM B. HARRISON 1
  1 Dan Salandro is Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate; and William B. Harrison is Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
Copyright 1997 The American Council on Consumer Interests

ABSTRACT

From the Survey of Consumer Finances conducted in 1989 and 1992 a logit model was tested for demographic and financial influences on household decisions to utilize home equity line credit. Results indicate that among households with credit lines other than credit card lines or business lines, the choice of a home equity credit line in lieu of another type of check credit line is influenced principally by percentage of equity in the home, income, net worth, age of the borrower, and credit price. Several implications may be derived from this study. As the markets reflect more complete information about the low-risk attributes of this credit, the convenience as a payment mechanism, and the tax subsidy to homeowners, it is expected that home equity credit lines users will be distributed more evenly across income and wealth categories.


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10.1111/j.1745-6606.1997.tb00394.x About DOI

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