"Despite its recognized economic and social importance, housing finance often remains underdeveloped in emerging economies. Residential lending remains small, poorly accessible, and depository-based. Lenders remain vulnerable to significant credit, liquidity, and interest rate risks. As a resul...

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Main Authors:	Lea, Michael J. 1949- (Author), Chiquier, Loïc (Author), Hassler, Olivier (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C] World Bank 2004
Series:	Policy research working paper 3370
Subjects:	Entwicklungsländer Housing > Developing countries > Finance Mortgage-backed securities > Developing countries
Online Access:	URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Summary:	"Despite its recognized economic and social importance, housing finance often remains underdeveloped in emerging economies. Residential lending remains small, poorly accessible, and depository-based. Lenders remain vulnerable to significant credit, liquidity, and interest rate risks. As a result, housing finance is relatively expensive and often rationed. The importance of developing robust systems of housing finance is paramount as emerging economy governments struggle to cope with population growth, rapid urbanization, and rising expectations from a growing middle class. The capital markets in many economies can provide an attractive and potentially large source of long-term funding for housing, and solutions to better allocate part of the risks. The advent of institutional investors is creating large and rapidly growing pools of funds that may facilitate the development of mortgage-related securities. Despite such a strong appeal, there are significant barriers to the development of mortgage securities in emerging markets. Their success is dependent on many factors, starting with a strong legal and regulatory framework and liberalized financial sector, and including a developed primary mortgage market. The experience in developing mortgage securities in emerging markets has been mixed. Chiquier, Hassler, and Lea review the experience of introducing mortgage securities in emerging markets and explore the policy issues related to this theme. This paper - a product of the Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department - is part of a larger effort in the department to provide housing finance information"--World Bank web site
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references. - Title from PDF file as viewed on 8/6/2004 Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:[2004] Weitere Ausgabe: Lea, Michael J : Mortgage securities in emerging markets
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (42 Seiten)