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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971230403321

Autore

Cubeddu Luis

Titolo

Latin America : : Vulnerabilities Under Construction? / / Luis Cubeddu, Camilo Tovar Mora, Evridiki Tsounta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

9781475545142

1475545142

9781475573350

1475573359

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (28 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

Tovar MoraCamilo

TsountaEvridiki

Disciplina

330.9389

Soggetti

Mortgage loans - Latin America

Housing - Prices - Latin America

Banks

Credit booms

Credit

Depository Institutions

Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis

Finance

Financial Institutions and Services: General

Financial institutions

Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Housing prices

Housing Supply and Markets

Housing

Industries: Financial Services

Infrastructure

Macroeconomics

Micro Finance Institutions

Monetary economics

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

Money and Monetary Policy

Money

Mortgages

National accounts



Prices

Property & real estate

Real Estate Services

Real Estate

Saving and investment

Colombia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; Figures; 1. Latin America: Mortgage and Housing Market Developments; II. Developments in The Mortgage Credit and Real Estate Sector; A. Mortgage Credit; B. Construction Activity; C. House Prices; III. Making the Most of Imperfect Data; A. Identifying Mortgage Booms; Tables; 1. Data Availability on Select Financial and Housing Sector Indicators; B. Identifying Housing Price Booms; 2. Determinants of Equilibrium House Prices: Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru; 2. Actual and Estimated Real House Prices; 3. House Price Over/(under)valuation; Box

1. Colombia's Mortgage Crisis of the Late 1990's: A Cautionary Tale IV. The Household Debt Burden and Financial Balance Sheets; V. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations; References; Appendices; I. Data Definitions and Sources; II. Methodologies for Estimating Credit Booms and House Price Bubbles; III. Cointegration Tests

Sommario/riassunto

This paper documents developments in mortgage credit and the housing sector in Latin America over the past decade, and compares them with those of other emerging economies. In particular, it examines the real estate and mortgage markets to assess whether (i) growth in mortgage credit is excessive compared to long-term trends; (ii) trends in house prices reflect changes in economic fundamentals; and (iii) the extent to which household and banking sector vulnerabilities could lead to potential fragilities. Although data limitations hamper a rigorous analysis of trends, our analysis suggests that while there are no imminent misalignments in the real estate and mortgage sectors, they could emerge if current trends persist. Strengthening supervision and addressing data gaps is thus critical to ensure adequate monitoring of risks and vulnerabilities in these sectors.