Mortgage securities in emerging markets / Michael J. Lea, Loic Chiquer, and Oliver Hassler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Policy research working papers ; no. 3370Publication details: Washington, D. C : World Bank, 2004.Description: 41p ; 27 cmSubject(s):
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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 instructional investors is creating large and rapidly growing pools of funds that may facilitate the development of mortg

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