Housing Finance Across Countries: New Data and Analysis

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Anton I. Badev

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Thorsten Beck

City University London - The Business School; Tilburg University - European Banking Center, CentER

Ligia Vado

World Bank

Simon C. Walley

World Bank

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Date Written: January 1, 2014

Abstract

This paper presents new data on the depth and penetration of mortgage markets across countries. There is a large variation across both dimensions of mortgage market development, across countries, but also -- in terms of depth -- within countries. Mortgage markets seem to develop only at relatively high levels of gross domestic product per capita. Policies associated with financial system development are also associated with mortgage market development, including price stability and the efficiency of contractual and information frameworks. The development of the insurance sector and the stock market, sources of long-term funding, is strongly associated with mortgage market development, while government subsidies and support are not. A benchmarking exercise compares the actual values of mortgage market development to values predicted by structural country factors and shows a large variation across countries and over time in the gap between predicted and actual values, related to specific policies but also mortgage boom and bust cycles.

Keywords: Debt Markets, Access to Finance, Emerging Markets, Housing Finance, Banks & Banking Reform

Suggested Citation

Badev, Anton I. and Beck, Thorsten and Vado, Ligia and Walley, Simon C., Housing Finance Across Countries: New Data and Analysis (January 1, 2014). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6756, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2384238

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